Thomas C Lassman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1063158 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas C Lassman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas C |
| FAMILY NAME | Lassman |
| SIGNATURE | LASSMAN T C |
| AFFILIATIONS | American Institute of Physics |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Flying Camelot
Reviewed by: Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia by Michael W. Hankins Thomas C. Lassman (bio) Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia By Michael W. Hankins. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2021. Pp. 280. Michael Hankins asserts that "military technology is not developed solely as a solution to an operational problem, nor does it have a mind of its own…
The Long Space Age
Reviewed by: The Long Space Age: The Economic Origins of Space Exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War by Alexander MacDonald Thomas C. Lassman (bio) The Long Space Age: The Economic Origins of Space Exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War. By Alexander MacDonald. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2017. Pp. 272. Hardcover $35. After the triumph of the Apollo lunar program in the late 1960s, public enthusiasm and political …
Putting the Military Back into the History of the Military-Industrial Complex
In 1946 General Dwight Eisenhower, the Army Chief of Staff, established the Research and Development (R&D) Division on the War Department General Staff to expedite major technological breakthroughs in weapons technology. This goal, based on the separation of the management of R&D from procurement, captured the Army's preference for qualitative rather than quantitative superiority on the battlefield, but it threatened to upend entrenched methods o…
Reforming Weapon Systems Acquisition in the Department of Defense
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Competing Research Traditions in American Industry
Westinghouse Electric opened a new research laboratory near the company’s main factory in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1916. Located in the suburban borough of Forest Hills, the laboratory was set up to provide scientific knowledge for the older materials testing and product development laboratories at the factory. Unlike its industrial counterparts, however, the Forest Hills laboratory was dominated by a strong engineering research traditio…
Government Science in Postwar America
In the fall of 1945, Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace handpicked Edward Condon, a respected theoretical physicist, to become director of the National Bureau of Standards. Already regarded by many academic and industrial scientists as a second-rate research institution, the Bureau had deteriorated further during the Great Depression. An ardent New Dealer who favored government action to prevent anticompetitive behavior in the marketplace, Walla…
Industrial Research Transformed
The 1930s marked a significant transformation in the content and direction of industrial research at the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. Westinghouse was widely respected for its engineering expertise, but it was not as well known for the type of advanced scientific research that was already underway at General Electric, AT&T, and other large companies. In a deliberate attempt to improve its image within the scientific community …
Competing Research Traditions in American Industry
Westinghouse Electric opened a new research laboratory near the company’s main factory in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1916. Located in the suburban borough of Forest Hills, the laboratory was set up to provide scientific knowledge for the older materials testing and product development laboratories at the factory. Unlike its industrial counterparts, however, the Forest Hills laboratory was dominated by a strong engineering research traditio…
Industrial Research Transformed
The 1930s marked a significant transformation in the content and direction of industrial research at the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. Westinghouse was widely respected for its engineering expertise, but it was not as well known for the type of advanced scientific research that was already underway at General Electric, AT&T, and other large companies. In a deliberate attempt to improve its image within the scientific community …
Industrial Research Transformed
The 1930s marked a significant transformation in the content and direction of industrial research at the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. Westinghouse was widely respected for its engineering expertise, but it was not as well known for the type of advanced scientific research that was already underway at General Electric, AT&T, and other large companies. In a deliberate attempt to improve its image within the scientific community …
Competing Research Traditions in American Industry
Westinghouse Electric opened a new research laboratory near the company’s main factory in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1916. Located in the suburban borough of Forest Hills, the laboratory was set up to provide scientific knowledge for the older materials testing and product development laboratories at the factory. Unlike its industrial counterparts, however, the Forest Hills laboratory was dominated by a strong engineering research traditio…
Government Science in Postwar America
In the fall of 1945, Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace handpicked Edward Condon, a respected theoretical physicist, to become director of the National Bureau of Standards. Already regarded by many academic and industrial scientists as a second-rate research institution, the Bureau had deteriorated further during the Great Depression. An ardent New Dealer who favored government action to prevent anticompetitive behavior in the marketplace, Walla…
Reforming Weapon Systems Acquisition in the Department of Defense
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Putting the Military Back into the History of the Military-Industrial Complex
In 1946 General Dwight Eisenhower, the Army Chief of Staff, established the Research and Development (R&D) Division on the War Department General Staff to expedite major technological breakthroughs in weapons technology. This goal, based on the separation of the management of R&D from procurement, captured the Army's preference for qualitative rather than quantitative superiority on the battlefield, but it threatened to upend entrenched methods o…
The Long Space Age
Reviewed by: The Long Space Age: The Economic Origins of Space Exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War by Alexander MacDonald Thomas C. Lassman (bio) The Long Space Age: The Economic Origins of Space Exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War. By Alexander MacDonald. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2017. Pp. 272. Hardcover $35. After the triumph of the Apollo lunar program in the late 1960s, public enthusiasm and political …
Flying Camelot
Reviewed by: Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia by Michael W. Hankins Thomas C. Lassman (bio) Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia By Michael W. Hankins. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2021. Pp. 280. Michael Hankins asserts that "military technology is not developed solely as a solution to an operational problem, nor does it have a mind of its own…
Political science (7 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Research, Science, and Academia (4 works) · Twentieth Century Scientific Developments (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · History (3 works) · Management (3 works) · Aeronautics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)