Meitner John G (2 results)

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 381 Pages Indexed. Previous owner's name with date 1-21-81 This is the first and only text on aeronautics specifically prepared for science teachers. The book was written by experts in the carious fields of astronautics who are also experienced lecturers and writers. Three chapters of a general nature sweep across the entire field of astronautics. Six chapters, of specialized contents, are organized around the individual scientific disciplines - physics, biology, mathematics, etc. A concluding chapter deals extensively with methods and aids for introducing the material in the classroom.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine DJ. Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. Vii, 381 Pp. Green Cloth, Spine Lettered In Gilt. First Printing. A Nice Copy, Inscribed "To Al Hibbs, With Tribute To A Pioneer With Vision And With Fond Memories Of Our Early Space Efforts, John Meitner". Two Holograph Notes From Meitner, Including One Referring To This Book As One That Hibbs Politely Declined Co-Editing With Meitner. Also With An Offprint Of Meitner's Article On Astronautics Instruction In Secondary Schools, From The Proceedings Of The Xviiith Astronautical Congress, Published By Pergamon Press, 1968. Hibbs, A Prominent Physicist, Co-Author Of Quantum Mechanics And Path Integrals With Richard Feynman, A Was The "Voice Of Jpl" For Many Years And Prominent In Astronautics. Today Such Serious Instruction Is Provided In A Few Schools, But Not In Most, Dividing Society Into The Rational Doers And The Irrational Scramblers. Inscribed By Author to Albert.