Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003

posted 02-19-2005 07:15 PM               

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Hi gang: I must admit I'm confused! In looking up authorship of the 1977 NASA publication "On the Shoulders of Giants" I have found a large number of conflicting sites. Some say that Hacker and Grimwood wrote it (which is my belief) but then there's also a lot of official websites giving Hacker and Alexander as the authors. How come? Can anyone clear this up for me?

Colin

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Posts: 573
From: Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 02-20-2005 01:20 AM               

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Hi Colin,

My copy of "On the Shoulders of Titans" has Hacker and Grimwood on the spine of the book and "by Barton C. Hacker and James M. Grimwood" on the title page of the book itself. No mention of Alexander.

Hope that helps.

Regards, Ian from Oz

Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001

posted 02-20-2005 06:40 AM               

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Alexander was a co-author on the History of Project Mercury SP, that may be where the confusion stems from. Right series, wrong book !

Adam