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the story of John Paul Stapp and how a renegade doctor became the fastest man on Earth
By Craig Ryan
"Sonic wind" was published in 2015 - nyu, it has 411 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Sonic wind” Metadata:
- Title: Sonic wind
- Author: Craig Ryan
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 411
- Publish Date: 2015
- Publish Location: nyu
- Dewey Decimal Classification: 571.4092B
- Library of Congress Classification: TL140.S688 R93 2015TL140.S688R93 2015
“Sonic wind” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Aeronautics - Safety measures - Biophysicists - United States. Air Force - Officers - Research - United States - Motor vehicles - Safety appliances - Biography - History - United states, air force - United states, army, biography - Aeronautics, safety measures - Aeronautics, research
- People: John P. Stapp (1910-1999)
- Places: United States
- Time: 20th century
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: x, 411 pages
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL27186415M - OL20006326W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 891611158
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2015013245
- ISBN-13: 9780871406774
- ISBN-10: 0871406772
- All ISBNs: 0871406772 - 9780871406774
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"Sonic wind" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Part I: The glorious rebellion against dissolution. 1. Where are my children to-night?
- 2- 2. The most interesting place
- 3- 3. Colonel Tank and Colonel Gas
- 4- 4. Scum jobs
- 5- 5. The citadel of aeromedical research
- 6- Part II: The hot Siberia of the Air Force. 6. The battle of Muroc
- 7- 7. Oscar Eightball and the Curbstone Clinic
- 8- 8. Stapp's first rides
- 9- 9. Anticipating strict compliance
- 10- 10. G-force chimps
- 11- 11. Brother, we are the goats
- 12- 12. Evicted
- 13- 13. Solo on Lovers Lane
- 14- 14. Waiting for a tiger to spring
- 15- 15. Subject had considerable apprehension
- 16- Part III: Above the Armstrong Line. 16. The conference
- 17- 17. Space scientists in Hollywood
- 18- 18. Space scientists in space
- 19- 19. The most significant apparatus
- 20- 20. Kicked upstairs
- 21- 21. The Survivors Club
- 22- 22. Exit from Valley Forge
- 23- 23. Nazi doctors and the never-ending road trip
- 24- Part IV: The ghosts that never happened. 24. Washington
- 25- 25. Slugging away at the standards
- 26- 26. Who wants a resurrection, anyway?
- 27- 27. Honor and violation
- 28- 28. The Stapp years
- 29- Appendix: How fast?
"Sonic wind" Description:
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Documents the pivotal contributions of the late scientific visionary behind the development of seatbelts and ejection seats, outlining his dramatic experiments and battles for safety legislation that have been credited with saving millions of lives.
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