Biography:James R. Hansen

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Short description: American historian (born 1952)
Not to be confused with James E. Hansen.

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James R. Hansen (born 1952) is Professor Emeritus of history at Auburn University in Alabama.[1] His book From the Ground Up won the History Book Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1988. For his work, The Wind and Beyond (NASA) - (six-volume series), he was awarded the Eugene Ferguson Prize for Outstanding Reference Work by the Society for the History of Technology in 2005.

Biography

Hansen is from Fort Wayne, Indiana.[1] He received his B.A. from Indiana University Fort Wayne.[1] He also received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Ohio State University.[1] Hansen serves on the Leadership Board of For All Moonkind, Inc., a nonprofit organization committed to developing a legal framework to manage and protect human cultural heritage in space.

Books

Books of non-fiction.

Biographies
  • From the Ground Up: The Autobiography of an Aeronautical Engineer (1988), with Fred E. Weick
  • First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong (Simon & Schuster, 2005, 2012), authorized biography of Neil Armstrong,[2] received the American Astronautical Society's Prize for Astronautical Literature.[3]
  • Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space (2012), with John W. Young
  • A Difficult Par: Robert Trent Jones Sr. and the Making of Modern Golf (Gotham Penguin, 2014).[4] The book was awarded the Herbert Warren Wind Award by the United States Golf Association as the best golf book of the year.[5]
  • Completely Mad: Tom McClean, John Fairfax, and the Epic Race to Row Solo Across the Atlantic (2023)
Science
  • The Bird Is on the Wing: Aerodynamics and the Progress of the American Airplane (Texas A&M University Press, 2003)[6]
History
  • Engineer In Charge: A History Of The Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917 1958 (1987)
  • Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster (University Press of Florida, 2009), with Allan J. McDonald[7][8][9]
  • Enchanted Rendezvous: John C. Houbolt and the Genesis of the Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous Concept (1995), with National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Monograph in Aerospace History series #4
  • Spaceflight Revolution: NASA Langley Research Center from Sputnik to Apollo (2013)

Adaptations

  • First Man (2018), film directed by Damien Chazelle, based on book First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "James R. Hansen - Department of History - College of Liberal Arts". April 12, 2016. https://cla.auburn.edu/history/people/faculty/james-hansen/. 
  2. ↑ "James R. Hansen papers on Neil Armstrong, 1955-2011". http://www4.lib.purdue.edu/archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=1723. 
  3. ↑ Richelson, Jeffrey T. (2016-03-02). "Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Awards". http://astronautical.org/awards/emme/. 
  4. ↑ "'A Difficult Par' by James R. Hansen". April 29, 1912. http://news.cybergolf.com/golf_news/a_difficult_par_by_james_r_hansen4388. 
  5. ↑ "Herbert Warren Wind Book Award Winners". 2016-02-20. http://www.usga.org/history/herbert-warren-wind-book-award-winners-.html. 
  6. ↑ Hansen, J.R. (2004). The Bird Is on the Wing: Aerodynamics and the Progress of the American Airplane. Centennial of flight series. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-58544-243-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=GDDQ8jQmPTEC. Retrieved May 19, 2016. 
  7. ↑ "NSS Review: Truth, Lies, and O-Rings". January 28, 1986. http://www.nss.org/resources/books/non_fiction/NF_111_truthliesorings.html. 
  8. ↑ Becker, Michael; Service, MSU News (May 8, 2009). "Engineer who warned of trouble before Challenger disaster to sign books today". http://www.montana.edu/news/7173/engineer-who-warned-of-trouble-before-challenger-disaster-to-sign-books-today. 
  9. ↑ "Engineer Who Opposed Challenger Launch Offers Personal Look at Tragedy". January 28, 1986. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/rn_Colloquium1012.html. 




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