James R. Hansen (born 1952) is Professor Emeritus of history at Auburn University in Alabama.[1] His book From the Ground Up won the History Book Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1988. For his work, The Wind and Beyond (NASA) - (six-volume series), he was awarded the Eugene Ferguson Prize for Outstanding Reference Work by the Society for the History of Technology in 2005.
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Born | 1952 |
Occupation | Academic, historian |
Language | English language |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Indiana University Ohio State University |
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Hansen is from Fort Wayne, Indiana.[1] He received his B.A. from Indiana University.[1] He also received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Ohio State University.[1] Hansen serves on the Leadership Board of For All Moonkind, Inc., a nonprofit organization committed to developing a legal framework to manage and protect human cultural heritage in space.
Books of non-fiction.