Preface John Meitner (1 results)

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.