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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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Division of the American Astronomical Society as president of the History of
Astronomy Commission of the International Astronomical Union, and he as
president of the Philosophical Society of Washington. He is a member of the
International Academy of Astronautics.
Slava Gerovitch is a lecturer in the science, technology and society program at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests include the
history of Soviet science and technology during the Cold War, especially
cosmonautics, cybernetics, and computing. His book From Newspeak to
Cyberspeak: A History of Soviet Cybernetics (2002) received an honorable mention
for the Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize for an outstanding monograph in Russian,
Eurasian, or East European studies from the American Association for the
Advancement of Slavic Studies. His articles appeared in the journals Technology
and Culture, Social Studies of Science, Science in Context, and The Russian Review
and in the collections Science and Ideology, Cultures of Control, and Universities and
Empire. His most recent article on human-machine issues in the Soviet space
program was published in the collection Critical Issues in the History of Spacefight
(2006). He is the recipient of the 2007-2008 Fellowship in Aerospace History
from the American Historical Association. He received two doctorates in the
history and social study of science and technology from the Russian Academy of
Sciences (1992) and from MIT (1999).
James R. Hansen is professor of history in the department of history at Auburn
University in Alabama, where he teaches courses on the history of fight, history
of science and technology, space history, and the history of technological failure.
He has published nine books and three dozen articles on a wide variety of
technological topics including the early days of aviation, the frst nuclear fusion
reactors, the Moon landings, and the environmental history of golf course
development. His books include First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong (2005);
The Bird is on the Wing: Aerodynamics and the Progress of the Airplane in America
(2003); The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey through the History of
Aerodynamics in America (Vol. 1, 2002), Spacefight Revolution (1995), From the
Ground Up (1988), and Engineer in Charge (1987). Hansen earned a B.A. degree
with high honors from Indiana University (1974) and an M.A. (1976) and Ph.D.
(1981) from The Ohio State University. He served as historian for NASA Langley
Research in Hampton, Virginia, from 1981 to 1984, and as a professor at the
University of Maine in 1984-85. Professor Hansen has received a number of
citations for his scholarship, including the National Space Club’s Robert H.
Goddard Award, Air Force Historical Foundation’s Distinction of Excellence,
American Astronautical Society’s Eugene Emme Prize in Astronautical Literature
(twice), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’s History Book
Award; and AIAA Distinguished Lecturer. He has served on a number of
important advisory boards and panels, including the Research Advisory Board