| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 190 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Access |
Open access GW5XE |
| Language |
Translated from Chinese. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
This Open Access book is intended for common readers who are interested in the life story of Qian Xuesen (also know as Tsien Hsue-Shen). Based on a large number of original archives and historical materials, this book focuses on Qian Xuesens years of seeking knowledge from his birth in 1911 to his return to China in 1955 and describes how he grows into a world-known scientist from the aspect of humanity. This book can be used as reference material for Qian Xuesens earlier years. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 Family and Education -- Chapter 2 Serve the Country through Engineering -- Chapter 3 Life and Study in the United States -- Chapter 4 From Young Scholar to World-Class Scientist -- Chapter 5 Marriage and Family Life -- Chapter 6 Communism Enlightenment and Dedication to His Country. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 20, 2023). |
| Local Note |
Springer Nature Springer Nature - SpringerLink eBooks - Fully Open Access |
| Subject |
Qian, Xuesen, 1911-2009.
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Qian, Xuesen, 1911-2009 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjdcRCWV3cCTpbyFPPvpP
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Astronautics -- Biography.
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Aerospace engineers -- China -- Biography.
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Physicists -- China -- Biography.
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History of science.
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Asian history.
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Impact of science & technology on society.
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Astronomy, space & time.
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Aerospace engineers
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Astronautics
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Physicists
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China https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrd4RjtCBk4wfMhTwwG3
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| Indexed Term |
Life Story of Qian Xuesen |
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Qian Xuesen Biography |
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Chinese Scientist |
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The Father of Chinese Missiles |
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Family Education |
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Qian Xuesen |
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Hsue-Shen Tsien |
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National Chiao Tung University |
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Theodore von Kármán |
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Jiang Ying |
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Father of Chinese Rocketry |
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King of Rocketry |
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"Two Bombs, One Satellite" |
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Chinese Nuclear Weapons Program |
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Tsien Jun-fu |
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Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
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Return to China from the US |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Tari guilai. English
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| Other Form: |
Original 9811957541 9789811957543 (OCoLC)1335757877 |
| ISBN |
9789811957550 (electronic bk.) |
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981195755X (electronic bk.) |
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9789811957543 |
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9811957541 |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-981-19-5755-0 doi |
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