Jim Longuski

The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist

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This book translates thinking like a rocket scientist into every day thinking so it can be used by anyone. It's short and snappy and written by a rocket scientist. The book illustrates the methods (the 7 secrets) with anecdotes, quotations and biographical sketches of famous scientists, personal stories and insights, and occasionally some space history. The author reveals that rocket science is just common sense applied to the extraordinarily uncommon environment of outer space and that rocket scientists are people, too. It is intended for armchair scientists, and for those interested in popular psychology, space history, and science fiction… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-387-30876-0
EAN: 9780387308760
Produktnummer: 2412232
Verlag: Springer Nature
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 167 S.
Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.4 cm x D2.2 cm 436 g
Auflage: 2007
Gewicht: 436

Über den Autor

After receiving his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from The University of Michigan in 1979, Jim Longuski (long-gus'-ske) worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a Maneuver Analyst and as a Mission Designer. In 1988 he joined the faculty of the School of Aeronautics & Astronautics at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana where he teaches courses in dynamics, aerospace optimization, and spacecraft design. He is coinventor of a Method for Velocity Precision Pointing in Spin-Stabilized Spacecraft or Rockets and is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Professor Longuski has published over one hundred and fifty conference and journal papers in the general area of astrodynamics including such topics as spacecraft dynamics and control, reentry theory, mission design, space trajectory optimization, and a new test of General Relativity. In 2004, AIAA published Professor Longuski's first book, Advice to Rocket Scientists: A Career Survival Guide for Scientists and Engineers.