Donald R Baucom
Biographic Data
| ID | 1469674 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donald R Baucom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donald R |
| FAMILY NAME | Baucom |
| SIGNATURE | BAUCOM D R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Adaptive Optics Revolution
Reviewed by: The Adaptive Optics Revolution: A History Donald Baucom (bio) The Adaptive Optics Revolution: A History. By Robert W. Duffner. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2009. Pp. xxvii+457. $45. For thirty-five years, Dr. Robert Duffner has been historian for the Air Force Research Laboratory and its predecessors at Albuquerque. He knows defense R&D and understands the high-technology systems it produces. Moreover, he has known ma…
Perception and Paradox in the Cold War
Perception and paradox drove the Cold War. Even now they cloud the past, confuse the history. During the Cold War, what things were was less important than what they seemed to be. Often, reality and perception were contradictory. Stalin set the tone in the early years. He magnified traditional Russian paranoia of the West. The U.S., to him, was bent on the Western encirclement of Russia that Lenin had warned against. It was furthermore the latest…
The Origins of SDI, 1944-1983
Journal Article The Origins of SDI, 1944–1983. By Donald R. Baucom. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1982. xx, 276 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-70060531-2.) Get access Robert A. Wampler Robert A. Wampler University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 3, December 1993, Pages 1146–1147, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080541 Published: 01 Dec…
The Origins of SDI, 1944-1983
Inventing Accuracy
War Stars
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War Stars
Inventing Accuracy
Perception and Paradox in the Cold War
Perception and paradox drove the Cold War. Even now they cloud the past, confuse the history. During the Cold War, what things were was less important than what they seemed to be. Often, reality and perception were contradictory. Stalin set the tone in the early years. He magnified traditional Russian paranoia of the West. The U.S., to him, was bent on the Western encirclement of Russia that Lenin had warned against. It was furthermore the latest…
The Origins of SDI, 1944-1983
Journal Article The Origins of SDI, 1944–1983. By Donald R. Baucom. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1982. xx, 276 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-70060531-2.) Get access Robert A. Wampler Robert A. Wampler University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 3, December 1993, Pages 1146–1147, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080541 Published: 01 Dec…
The Origins of SDI, 1944-1983
The Adaptive Optics Revolution
Reviewed by: The Adaptive Optics Revolution: A History Donald Baucom (bio) The Adaptive Optics Revolution: A History. By Robert W. Duffner. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2009. Pp. xxvii+457. $45. For thirty-five years, Dr. Robert Duffner has been historian for the Air Force Research Laboratory and its predecessors at Albuquerque. He knows defense R&D and understands the high-technology systems it produces. Moreover, he has known ma…
History (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Physics (2 works) · Adaptive optics (1 works) · American History and Culture (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Astronomy (1 works) · Cold war (1 works)