James R. Hansen
{{Short description|American historian (born 1952)}}
{{distinguish|James E. Hansen}}
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Ohio State University
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James R. Hansen (born 1952) is Professor Emeritus of history at Auburn University in Alabama.{{cite web | title=James R. Hansen - Department of History - College of Liberal Arts | website=Auburn University | date=April 12, 2016 | url=https://cla.auburn.edu/history/people/faculty/james-hansen/ | access-date=May 19, 2016 | archive-date=May 7, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507154309/http://www.cla.auburn.edu/history/people/faculty/james-hansen/ | url-status=dead }} 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. He received his B.A. from Indiana University. He also received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Hansen serves on the Leadership Board of For All Moonkind, Inc., a nonprofit organization committed to developing a legal framework to manage and protect human cultural heritage in space.
Books
Books of non-fiction.
;Biographies:
- From the Ground Up: The Autobiography of an Aeronautical Engineer (1988), with Fred E. Weick
- First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong (Simon & Schuster, 2005, 2012), authorized biography of Neil Armstrong,{{cite web | title=James R. Hansen papers on Neil Armstrong, 1955-2011 | website=Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections | url=http://www4.lib.purdue.edu/archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=1723 | ref={{sfnref | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections}} | access-date=2016-05-18}} received the American Astronautical Society's Prize for Astronautical Literature.{{cite web | last=Richelson | first=Jeffrey T. | title=Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Awards | website=American Astronautical Society | date=2016-03-02 | url=http://astronautical.org/awards/emme/ | access-date=2016-05-18}}
- Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space (2012), with John W. Young
- A Difficult Par: Robert Trent Jones Sr. and the Making of Modern Golf (Gotham Penguin, 2014).{{cite web | title='A Difficult Par' by James R. Hansen | website=Cybergolf | date=April 29, 1912 | url=http://news.cybergolf.com/golf_news/a_difficult_par_by_james_r_hansen4388 | ref={{sfnref | Cybergolf | 1912}} | access-date=May 18, 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The book was awarded the Herbert Warren Wind Award by the United States Golf Association as the best golf book of the year.{{cite web | title=Herbert Warren Wind Book Award Winners | website=USGA | date=2016-02-20 | url=http://www.usga.org/history/herbert-warren-wind-book-award-winners-.html | ref={{sfnref | USGA | 2016}} | access-date=2016-05-18}}
- Completely Mad: Tom McClean, John Fairfax, and the Epic Race to Row Solo Across the Atlantic (2023)
;Science:
- The Bird Is on the Wing: Aerodynamics and the Progress of the American Airplane (Texas A&M University Press, 2003){{cite book | last=Hansen | first=J.R. | title=The Bird Is on the Wing: Aerodynamics and the Progress of the American Airplane | publisher=Texas A&M University Press | series=Centennial of flight series | year=2004 | isbn=978-1-58544-243-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GDDQ8jQmPTEC | access-date=May 19, 2016}}
;History:
- Engineer In Charge: A History Of The Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917 1958 (1987)
- Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster (University Press of Florida, 2009), with Allan J. McDonald{{cite web | title=NSS Review: Truth, Lies, and O-Rings | website=National Space Society | date=January 28, 1986 | url=http://www.nss.org/resources/books/non_fiction/NF_111_truthliesorings.html | ref={{sfnref | National Space Society | 1986}} | access-date=May 19, 2016 | archive-date=June 17, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617072611/http://www.nss.org/resources/books/non_fiction/NF_111_truthliesorings.html | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | last1=Becker | first1=Michael | last2=Service | first2=MSU News | title=Engineer who warned of trouble before Challenger disaster to sign books today | website=Montana State University | date=May 8, 2009 | url=http://www.montana.edu/news/7173/engineer-who-warned-of-trouble-before-challenger-disaster-to-sign-books-today | access-date=May 19, 2016}}{{cite web | title=Engineer Who Opposed Challenger Launch Offers Personal Look at Tragedy | website=NASA | date=January 28, 1986 | url=http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/rn_Colloquium1012.html | ref={{sfnref | NASA | 1986}} | access-date=May 19, 2016 | archive-date=May 22, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522121145/http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/rn_Colloquium1012.html | url-status=dead }}
- Enchanted Rendezvous: John C. Houbolt and the Genesis of the Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous Concept (1995), with National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Monograph in Aerospace History series #4
- Spaceflight Revolution: NASA Langley Research Center from Sputnik to Apollo (2013)
Adaptations
- First Man (2018), film directed by Damien Chazelle, based on book First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
References
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External links
- {{Official Website}}
- {{LibraryThing author|hansenjamesr}}
- {{Worldcat|id=lccn-n85374456}}
- {{IMDb name|2973253}}
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Category:American science writers
Category:Indiana University alumni