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Orders of Magnitude. A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990. The NASA History Series.

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Bilstein, Roger E. – 1989

This is a history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and its successor agency the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Main chapters included are: (1) "NACA Origins (1915-1930)"; (2) "New Facilities, New Designs (1930-1945)"; (3) "Going Supersonic (1945-1958)"; (4) "On the…

Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Satellites (Aerospace), Science and Society, Science History

American Black Scientists and Inventors.

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Jenkins, Edward S., Ed. – 1975

Presented are the stories of 12 notable black scientists and inventors. Each individual was selected for scientific and inventive excellence with the added accounts of their excellence as citizens, family men, and humanitarians. (Author/RE)

Descriptors: Black Education, Black Employment, Black History, Black Influences

Education for the Talented in Mathematics and Science. A Report of a Joint Conference of the Cooperative Committee on the Teaching of Science and Mathematics of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the United States Office of Education. Bulletin, 1952, No. 15

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Brown, Kenneth E.; Johnson, Philip G. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1953

The Cooperative Committee on the Teaching of Science and Mathematics of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that participated in planning for and publishing this bulletin is composed of representatives of seventeen national scientific and mathematical societies including representatives from the associated teaching…

Descriptors: Scientific Personnel, Scientific Research, Educational Change, Science Instruction