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Advances in Astronautical Sciences.Plenum Press, New York (Chapman and Hall, London), 1958. Published by the American Astronautical Society in four volumes. Illustrated. 80s. each Vol.:–Vol. I, 177 pp.: Proceedings of A.A.S. Third Annual Meeting, December 1956. Contains 11 papers on satellite applications, electronics, space medicine, cosmic ray research, meteors, radio tracking, and dynamics; authors include C. S. Draper, H. Wexler and R. P. Haviland. Vol. 2, 450 pp.: Proceedings of A.A.S. Fourth Annual Meeting, December 1957. Contains 35 papers, plus 10 abstracts, on propulsion, dynamics, propellants, space medicine, aerodynamics, guidance, radio and telemetry, plasmas, and so on; authors include H. O. Strughold, H. J. Schaefer, G. W. Hoover, N. S. Davis and N. V. Petersen. Vol. 3, 540 pp.: Proceedings of A.A.S. First Western Regional Meeting, August 1958. Contains 44 papers, plus 7 abstracts, on a very wide range of subjects similar to Vol. 2. Authors include L. E. Root, A. J. Eggers, D. G. Simons. Vol. 4, 460 pp.: Proceedings of A.A.S. Fifth Annual Meeting, November 1958. Contains 36 papers, plus 4 abstracts, again covering a field similar to Vols. 2 and 3. Papers are divided into 6 sections. Upper Atmosphere Research and Re-entry: Space Vehicle Design: Guidance and Instrumentation: Satellite Mechanics and Space Exploration: Rockets and Satellites: Man's Space Environment. Authors include H. L. Dry den, J. A. van Allen, S. F. Singer, W. H. Pickering.
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