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T.A. Heppenheimer

Born

in The United States

January 01, 1947

Died

September 09, 2015

Genre

Aerospace Engineering, Science, Nonfiction

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Thomas A. Heppenheimer (January 1, 1947 – September 9, 2015) holds a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan, and is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has held research fellowships in planetary science at California Institute of Technology and at the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg, Germany.

He has been a freelance writer since 1978. He has written extensively on aerospace, business and government, and the history of technology. He is a frequent contributor to American Heritage and its affiliated publications, and to Air & Space. He has also written for the National Academy of Sciences, and contributed regularly to Mosaic of the National Science Foundation. He has wri ...more

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T.A. Heppenheimer’s books

Average rating: 3.98 · 377 ratings · 52 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	Colonies in Space by T.A. Heppenheimer, Ray Bradbury (Introduction) 4.10 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1977 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Countdown: A History of Space Flight 4.05 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1997 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation 3.90 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1995 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of the Space Shuttle, Volume 1: The Space Shuttle Decision, 1965-1972 3.63 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2002 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flight: A History of Aviation in Photographs 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Facing the Heat Barrier: A History of Hypersonics by T.A. Heppenheimer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of the Space Shuttle, Volume 2: Development of the Space Shuttle, 1972-1981 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Brief History of Flight: From Balloons to Mach 3 and Beyond 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coming Quake: Science and Trembling on the California Earthquake Frontier 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars