Adventures in Research A History of Ames Research Center 1940-1965
From the author:
During the past few decades the pace of research has been such that the story behind important research developments often has been lost-inundated and rendered quaint by the outpourings of more recent and more sophisticated research activities. It is not, of course, the research results that are lost, for these facts are safely recorded in technical journals. What is lost is the connective tissue of background conditions, motivating influences, and human experiences that tie the cold facts together and invest them with additional dimensions of warmth and meaning. Research scientists, a forward-looking lot, show a remarkable indifference to this loss and appear quite content as long as their work is brought to the attention of their scientific peers through the normal professional channels.
Research management, on the other hand, takes a somewhat more humane view of the situation. Out of consideration for the public interest, and with a certain pride of accomplishment, the management of a research agency will, in some instances, go to some trouble and expense to ensure that the story of the agency's past activities is told-and recorded for posterity. Such motivational factors are responsible for the present work.
This is an account of the establishment, evolutionary development, and activities of the Ames Research Center covering a period characterized by unprecedented scientific and technological revolution. The writing of this book about the Ames Research Center was undertaken with considerable pleasure by one who for many years was employed by the Center's parent organization NASA and, before that, NACA; who had closely followed the Center's growth from the beginning; and who was personally acquainted with, and who held in some affection, the members of its founding staff. These facts are given to alert readers to the presence of bias and the inaccuracies stemming therefrom.
In writing the Ames story, I have tried to convey the correct impression of prevailing conditions, influences, and associated events, but I am aware that, with respect to details, many unintended inaccuracies arising from omissions or from erroneous inferences or implications may have crept in. Owing to the secondary, impressionistic role played by the background material, these suspected faults have been tolerated and documentation has, for ease of reading, been held to a minimum. Indeed a major effort has been made to restrict the physical bounds of the book without sacrifice of essential material.
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During the past few decades the pace of research has been such that the story behind important research developments often has been lost-inundated and rendered quaint by the outpourings of more recent and more sophisticated research activities. It is not, of course, the research results that are lost, for these facts are safely recorded in technical journals. What is lost is the connective tissue of background conditions, motivating influences, and human experiences that tie the cold facts together and invest them with additional dimensions of warmth and meaning. Research scientists, a forward-looking lot, show a remarkable indifference to this loss and appear quite content as long as their work is brought to the attention of their scientific peers through the normal professional channels.
Research management, on the other hand, takes a somewhat more humane view of the situation. Out of consideration for the public interest, and with a certain pride of accomplishment, the management of a research agency will, in some instances, go to some trouble and expense to ensure that the story of the agency's past activities is told-and recorded for posterity. Such motivational factors are responsible for the present work.
This is an account of the establishment, evolutionary development, and activities of the Ames Research Center covering a period characterized by unprecedented scientific and technological revolution. The writing of this book about the Ames Research Center was undertaken with considerable pleasure by one who for many years was employed by the Center's parent organization NASA and, before that, NACA; who had closely followed the Center's growth from the beginning; and who was personally acquainted with, and who held in some affection, the members of its founding staff. These facts are given to alert readers to the presence of bias and the inaccuracies stemming therefrom.
In writing the Ames story, I have tried to convey the correct impression of prevailing conditions, influences, and associated events, but I am aware that, with respect to details, many unintended inaccuracies arising from omissions or from erroneous inferences or implications may have crept in. Owing to the secondary, impressionistic role played by the background material, these suspected faults have been tolerated and documentation has, for ease of reading, been held to a minimum. Indeed a major effort has been made to restrict the physical bounds of the book without sacrifice of essential material.
Adventures in Research A History of Ames Research Center 1940-1965
From the author:
During the past few decades the pace of research has been such that the story behind important research developments often has been lost-inundated and rendered quaint by the outpourings of more recent and more sophisticated research activities. It is not, of course, the research results that are lost, for these facts are safely recorded in technical journals. What is lost is the connective tissue of background conditions, motivating influences, and human experiences that tie the cold facts together and invest them with additional dimensions of warmth and meaning. Research scientists, a forward-looking lot, show a remarkable indifference to this loss and appear quite content as long as their work is brought to the attention of their scientific peers through the normal professional channels.
Research management, on the other hand, takes a somewhat more humane view of the situation. Out of consideration for the public interest, and with a certain pride of accomplishment, the management of a research agency will, in some instances, go to some trouble and expense to ensure that the story of the agency's past activities is told-and recorded for posterity. Such motivational factors are responsible for the present work.
This is an account of the establishment, evolutionary development, and activities of the Ames Research Center covering a period characterized by unprecedented scientific and technological revolution. The writing of this book about the Ames Research Center was undertaken with considerable pleasure by one who for many years was employed by the Center's parent organization NASA and, before that, NACA; who had closely followed the Center's growth from the beginning; and who was personally acquainted with, and who held in some affection, the members of its founding staff. These facts are given to alert readers to the presence of bias and the inaccuracies stemming therefrom.
In writing the Ames story, I have tried to convey the correct impression of prevailing conditions, influences, and associated events, but I am aware that, with respect to details, many unintended inaccuracies arising from omissions or from erroneous inferences or implications may have crept in. Owing to the secondary, impressionistic role played by the background material, these suspected faults have been tolerated and documentation has, for ease of reading, been held to a minimum. Indeed a major effort has been made to restrict the physical bounds of the book without sacrifice of essential material.
During the past few decades the pace of research has been such that the story behind important research developments often has been lost-inundated and rendered quaint by the outpourings of more recent and more sophisticated research activities. It is not, of course, the research results that are lost, for these facts are safely recorded in technical journals. What is lost is the connective tissue of background conditions, motivating influences, and human experiences that tie the cold facts together and invest them with additional dimensions of warmth and meaning. Research scientists, a forward-looking lot, show a remarkable indifference to this loss and appear quite content as long as their work is brought to the attention of their scientific peers through the normal professional channels.
Research management, on the other hand, takes a somewhat more humane view of the situation. Out of consideration for the public interest, and with a certain pride of accomplishment, the management of a research agency will, in some instances, go to some trouble and expense to ensure that the story of the agency's past activities is told-and recorded for posterity. Such motivational factors are responsible for the present work.
This is an account of the establishment, evolutionary development, and activities of the Ames Research Center covering a period characterized by unprecedented scientific and technological revolution. The writing of this book about the Ames Research Center was undertaken with considerable pleasure by one who for many years was employed by the Center's parent organization NASA and, before that, NACA; who had closely followed the Center's growth from the beginning; and who was personally acquainted with, and who held in some affection, the members of its founding staff. These facts are given to alert readers to the presence of bias and the inaccuracies stemming therefrom.
In writing the Ames story, I have tried to convey the correct impression of prevailing conditions, influences, and associated events, but I am aware that, with respect to details, many unintended inaccuracies arising from omissions or from erroneous inferences or implications may have crept in. Owing to the secondary, impressionistic role played by the background material, these suspected faults have been tolerated and documentation has, for ease of reading, been held to a minimum. Indeed a major effort has been made to restrict the physical bounds of the book without sacrifice of essential material.
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| BN ID: | 2940149892198 |
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| Publisher: | aIc Books |
| Publication date: | 01/24/2015 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 8 MB |
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