Our staff write books on a wide variety of aviation- and space-related topics, including our exhibitions; the collection; the history of science and technology; and planetary science.
Curators also edit other titles, from the Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight series to children's books on flight. In addition, Museum curators edit book series with Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Centennial of Flight series), Palgrave Macmillan (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science Technology), Texas A&M University Press (Centennial of Flight series), and the University of Missouri Press (Sports and American Culture).
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Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series book.
Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series book.
Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series book.
Contributors include: Christopher F. Chyba, Ronald J. Deibert, Daniel H. Deudney, W. Henry Lambright, Roger D. Launius, Karl A. Leib, John M. Logsdon, Howard E. McCurdy, Scott N. Pace, and Debora L. VanNijnatten.
Chapter by Paul Ceruzzi.
Smithsonian Library of the Solar System book.
Although countless books for aviation buffs have appeared since World War II, none has attempted to place the airplane in its full social, cultural, and interdisciplinary context until now.