Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Legacy of a Gentle Genius: The Life of A.M.O. Smith. Cebeci, Tuncer. Published by Horizons Pub, 1999. 235p. hardcover no dust jacket, boards clean/square, binding tight, text clean/unmarked, NOT xlib ISBN�10: 0966846117ISBN�13: 9780966846119 Apollo Milton Olin Smith (usually referred to as A.M.O. Smith) (July 2, 1911 May 1, 1997) was an important figure in the aerodynamics field at Douglas Aircraft from 1938 to 1975 and an early pioneer in the area of computational fluid dynamicsmember of the Long Beach Glider Club along with John Pierce, one of the earliest glider clubs in southern California. While at Caltech, he built and tested a number of rockets with Professor Theodore von K�rm�n's students Frank Malina, Edward Forman, Jack Parsons and Tsien Hsue-shen. This work led to the formation of Aerojet and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory several years laterIn October 1942 he went on a leave of absence, at the request of General H.H. Arnold, to help organize and develop the newly formed Aerojet company as its first Chief Engineer. Under his guidance, the engineering organization at Aerojet grew from six people to over 400 by the time he left. This period saw the development and quantity production of the JATO type rocket at Aerojet. 40.00. Seller Inventory # ABE-1704399686561

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