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The Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America
No full textThe Updated Edition
Elliott J. Gorn\u27s The Manly Art tells the story of boxing\u27s origins and the sport\u27s place in American culture. When first published in 1986, the book helped shape the ways historians write about American sport and culture, expanding scholarly boundaries by exploring masculinity as an historical subject and by suggesting that social categories like gender, class, and ethnicity can be understood only in relation to each other. This updated edition of Gorn\u27s highly influential history of the early prize rings features a new afterword, the author\u27s meditation on the ways in which studies of sport, gender, and popular culture have changed in the quarter century since the book was first published. An up-to-date bibliography ensures that The Manly Art will remain a vital resource for a new generation.https://ecommons.luc.edu/facultybooks/1230/thumbnail.jp
Expanding the Envelope: Flight Research at NACA and NASA
No full textExpanding the Envelope is the first book to explore the full panorama of flight research history, from the earliest attempts by such nineteenth century practitioners as England’s Sir George Cayley, who tested his kites and gliders by subjecting them to experimental flight, to the cutting-edge aeronautical research conducted by the NACA and NASA.
Michael H. Gorn explores the vital human aspect of the history of flight research, including such well-known figures as James H. Doolittle, Chuck Yeager, and A. Scott Crossfield, as well as the less heralded engineers, pilots, and scientists who also had the “Right Stuff.” While the individuals in the cockpit often receive the lion’s share of the public’s attention, Expanding the Envelope shows flight research to be a collaborative engineering activity, one in which the pilot participates as just one of many team members.
Here is more than a century of flight research, from well before the creation of NACA to its rapid transformation under NASA. Gorn gives a behind the scenes look at the development of groundbreaking vehicles such as the X-1, the D-558, and the X-15, which demonstrated manned flight at speeds up to Mach 6.7 and as high as the edge of space.
Winner, 2004 Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award given by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Michael H. Gorn, historian with the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, is the author of The Universal Man: Theodore von Karman\u27s Life in Aeronautics.
“While NASA means space flight to the general public, this book well illustrates the sterling aeronautical work of the Flight Research Center. —Air Power History
“Well-written and beautifully researched, the in-depth study is a must-read for the flight test aficionado, aviation historian, and general enthusiast as well. —Airpower
“Gorn has written a valuable book about flight testing. —Almanac of Seapower
“Recommended for all readers curious about the development of government-funded US civilian flight research. —Choice
“A very solid and original work. It is extremely well researched, adding new information and perspective derived from hitherto unexamined or unappreciated archival sources. More specialized work in the history of NACA/NASA flight research will undoubtedly result from the influence of this book. —James Hanson
“A welcome revisiting of flight research at NASA. —Public Historian
“A terrific addition to the collection of NACA and NASA histories as well as to the literature of twentieth-century science and technology. —Technology and Culture
“A work of profound and original scholarship by a historian who is a master in his field. It is effectively organized, well-written, and moves deftly and smoothly in such a way as to cover an enormous amount of material. Gorn has chosen a very broad canvas and achieved a stunningly successful result. This is an excellent book. —W. David Lewis
Captures it all—the Wright brothers, World War II, Chuck Yeager’s historic flight—all written in Gorn’s easy-to-read style. Expanding the Envelope will be a reference text for historians—and some real pleasure reading for aviation enthusiasts. —William H. Danahttps://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_history_of_science_technology_and_medicine/1010/thumbnail.jp
A Powerful Friendship: Theodore von Karman and Hugh L. Dryden
No full textDuring their long personal friendship and professional association, Theodore von Karman (1882-1963) and Hugh L. Dryden (1898-1965) exercised a pivotal if somewhat elusive influence over American aeronautics and spaceflight. Both decisive figures in organizing scientists and engineers at home and abroad, both men of undisputed eminence in their technical fields, their range of contacts in government, academia, the armed forces, industry, and professional societies spanned the globe to an extent unparalleled then as now. Moreover, because they coordinated their activities closely, their combined influence far exceeded the sum of each one s individual contributions. This paper illustrates their personal origins as well as the foundations of their friendship, how their relationship became a professional alliance, and their joint impact on the world of aeronautics and astronautics during the twentieth century
Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements
No full textPlasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
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Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements
A A Gorn1,2, M Turner3, E Adli4, R Agnello5, M Aladi6, Y Andrebe5, O Apsimon7,8, R Apsimon7,8, A-M Bachmann3,9,10, M A Baistrukov1,2Show full author list
Published 6 November 2020 • © 2020 IOP Publishing Ltd
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Volume 62, Number 12
Citation A A Gorn et al 2020 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62 125023
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In 2017, AWAKE demonstrated the seeded self-modulation (SSM) of a 400 GeV proton beam from the Super Proton Synchrotron at CERN. The angular distribution of the protons deflected due to SSM is a quantitative measure of the process, which agrees with simulations by the two-dimensional (axisymmetric) particle-in-cell code LCODE to about 5%. The agreement is achieved in beam population scans at two selected plasma densities and in the scan of longitudinal plasma density gradient. The agreement is reached only in the case of a wide enough simulation box (several plasma wavelengths) that is closer to experimental conditions, but requires more computational power. Therefore, particle-in-cell codes can be used to interpret the SSM physics underlying the experimental data
Hugh L. Dryden's Career in Aviation and Space
No full textHugh Latimer Dryden led a life rich in paradox. Born in obsurity, he attained international prominence. Indifferent to self-advancement, he nonetheless rose to the pinnacle of the aeronautics profession and subsequently assumed a pivotal role in the initial period of space exploration. Although a research scientist of the first order, he nurtured within himself a profoundly spiritual outlook
Skogen, växthusgaserna och klimatförändringen – ett samarbetsprojekt mellan elever, lärare och forskare
No full textForskning är nödvändig för att ta fram kunskap om hur ett förändrat klimat kan påverka miljöförhållanden och människors livsvillkor, både i vårt land och i övriga världen. När elever och lärare från Platengymnasiet i Motala möter forskare från Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, SLU, i ett projekt kring koldioxidbalansen i skogsmark får eleverna både insikt om forskningens villkor och en ökad kunskap om klimatfrågorn
Gonçal Peris y Gonçal Peris Sarrià, dos pintores contemporáneos del Gótico Internacional valenciano
No full text[EN] This paper helps confirm the existence of two Valencian painters in the first half of the 15th century
whose identity often causes confusion: Gon<;:al Peris and Gon<;:al Peris Sarria. Since these two names first carne
to light in the late 19th century, there has been no consensus as to whether they refer to the same person orto
two different artists. The recent discovery of a document certifying Gon<;:al Peris's death before 1433 demonstrates
that they were indeed two painters living in the same city in the first third of the l 5th century. This paper
also provides fresh information about several contracts for altarpieces, enabling the catalogue of paintings
by Peris Sarria to be enlarged and confirming his close working relationship with the painter Jaume Mateu.[ES] El presente estudio contribuye a confirmar la existencia de dos pintores valencianos en la primera
mitad del siglo XV cuya identidad se presta frecuentemente a confusión: Gorn;:al Peris y Gorn;:al Peris Sarria.
Desde su conocimiento -a finales del siglo XIX- hasta la actualidad los estudios no han sido siempre coincidentes
en si se trata de una única persona o de dos con el mismo nombre. El hallazgo de un nuevo documento
que certifica la muerte de Gorn;:al Peris antes de 1433 despeja las dudas y demuestra que los dos pintores
convivieron en la misma ciudad durante el primer tercio del siglo XV Este artículo aporta también nuevas
noticias sobre contratos de diversos retablos que permiten ampliar el catálogo de obras pictóricas ejecutadas
por Peris Sarria, al tiempo que se reafirma su estrecha relación profesional con el pintor Jaume Mateu.Aliaga Morell, JI. (2016). Gonçal Peris y Gonçal Peris Sarrià, dos pintores contemporáneos del Gótico Internacional valenciano. ARS LONGA - Cuadernos de Arte. 25(1):28-48. https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/93280S284825
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