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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ulrich WalterPublisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Imprint: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Dimensions: Width: 16.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.954kg ISBN: 9783527406852ISBN 10: 3527406859 Pages: 508 Publication Date: 17 October 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsReviewsA very good introductory text to spaceflight dynamics. (The Aeronautical Journal, August 2008) Author InformationUlrich Walter, born in Iserlohn, Germany, received his PhD in the field of solid state physics from the University of Cologne. After two post-doc positions at the Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, Illinois, and the University of California at Berkley, California, he joined the German astronaut team and flew in 1993 on board the space shuttle Columbia on the STS-55 (Spacelab D-2) mission. From 1998 to 2003, he held various corporate positions at the IBM Research Center, Germany, and in 2003 accepted a professorship at the Institute of Astronautics, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany. Professor Walter became known to a wider audience as presenter of MaxQ, a popular science show on German television, and is author of a number of popular science books on spaceflight and research. Currently, the main focus of his scientific work is on satellite technology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |