Dr. H. S. Tsien (also known as Dr. Qian Xuesen), Father of Chinese Rocketry, People's Scientist, is the greatest scientist of China in the past 60 years. Dr. Tsien is a brilliant rocket scientist who single-handedly led China's spaceand military rocketry efforts. In China, Dr. H. S. Tsien was celebrated as the leader of the research that produced the nation's first ballistic missiles, its first satellite and the Silkworm anti-ship missile. Dr. Tsien also received good supports and highest awards from top leaders of China, from Chairman Mao Zedong to President Jiang Zemin and President Hu Jintao. This volume collects the scientific works of Dr. H. S. Tsien accomplished during his stay in the United States as a graduate student, scientist and professor and published in the period of 1938-1956, when the aeronautic exploration stepped from low speed to high speed regimes and astronautic technology entered its infant stage. In these papers, he addressed and solved a series of key problems in aerodynamics, stability of shells, rocket ballistics and engine analyses, etc., some of which were path breaking. Starting from 1946, with his strategic wisdom, Dr. H. S. Tsien made pioneering contributions to many fields, such as jet propulsion, engineering cybernetics, physical mechanics and engineering sciences, and so on. All these works feature the unique methodology of turning basic theoriesin natural science into practical tools in tackling complicated engineering problems. It is worth noting that he first advocated the philosophy of engineering sciences, which has been elucidated and illustrated in the volume and proved to be the guideline of innovative industrial development. 1. The author is the greatest scientist of China in the past 60 years. 2. The book has a major impact on the international academic community of mechanics and aviation. 3. Solving a series of key problems in aerodynamics, stability of shells, rocket ballistics and engine analyses, etc. 4. Chiefly edited by Science and Technology Translations Association of CAS/FIT, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academyof Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
- ISBN: 978-0-12-398277-3
- Editorial: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 904
- Fecha Publicación: 16/03/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés