James R. Hansen
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James R. Hansen is a professor of history at Auburn University in Alabama.[1] His book From the Ground Up won the History Book Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1988. For his work, The Wind and Beyond (NASA) - (six-volume series), he was awarded the Eugene Ferguson Prize for Outstanding Reference Work by the Society for the History of Technology in 2005.
Biography
Hansen is from Fort Wayne, Indiana.[1] He received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University.[1] He gained his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1981.[1]
Books
- First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong (Simon & Schuster, 2005, 2012), authorized biography of Neil Armstrong,[2] received the American Astronautical Society's Prize for Astronautical Literature[3]
- A Difficult Par: Robert Trent Jones Sr. and the Making of Modern Golf (Gotham Penguin, 2014).[4] The book was awarded the Herbert Warren Wind Award by the United States Golf Association as the best golf book of the year.[5]
- The Bird Is on the Wing (Texas A&M University Press)[6]
- The Wind and Beyond (NASA) - (six-volume series)[7] The book was awarded the Eugene Ferguson Prize for Outstanding Reference Work by the Society for the History of Technology in 2005[8]
- Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: The Inside Story of the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster - May 2009 (University Press of Florida), co-author Allan J. McDonald.[9][10][11]
References
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