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National Air and Space Museum Archives
"Science With A Vengeance" Collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1994.0054
- Creators:
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DeVorkin, David H., 1944-
- Dates:
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[ca. 1930s-1950s]
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.45 Cubic feet1 legal document box
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the photographs used in the book.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
David DeVorkin, a Space History Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, completed Science With A Vengeance in 1992. This book traces the exploration of the upper atmosphere with ballistic missiles systems, particularly the V-2. The first part of the book deals with the military context of upper atmospheric research: the military interest in seeing that such work was being done, the formation of appropriate groups in military labs capable of doing the work, and the development of the technical and managerial infrastructure required to get the work done. The later half of the book examines the specific problems each scientific group addressed, including the technical, professional and managerial obstacles they faced as they explored the use of rockets for studying the sun, cosmic rays, the upper atmosphere, and the ionosphere.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
David H. DeVorkin, Transfer, 1994, 1994-0054, NASM/David DeVorkin
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
More Information
General
General
NASMrev
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Science with a Vengeance | Title | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
V-2 rocket | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Ballistic missiles | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Atmosphere, Upper -- Rocket observations | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Astronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Rockets (Aeronautics) | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Rocketry | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Ionosphere | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Ionosphere -- Research | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
DeVorkin, David H., 1944- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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