Robert T. Jones papers, 1912-1996 (inclusive), 1930-1996 (bulk).

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Robert T. Jones papers, 1912-1996 (inclusive), 1930-1996 (bulk).

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Research notes and drawings, correspondence, patents, articles, reports, photographs, and other materials. Also included in the Aeronautical Files are drafts of his autobiography "Learning the hard way: recollections of an aeronautical engineer." The general files include biographical and bibliographic materials; correspondence; subject files on scientific topics, the Vietnam War, peace activities, his research on Max Munk, and other topics; and photographs of Jones. Within this series there may be some materials that pertain to aeronautics, optics, and acoustics.

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Jones, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1910-1999

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Robert T. Jones, one of the premier theoretical aerodynamicists of the twentieth century, was a research scientist with NASA, and its predecessor NACA, from 1934 until his retirement in 1982, when he joined the Stanford faculty as a consulting professor in aeronautics. He is best known for developing the theory of swept and delta wings. He was elected to the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Sciences. Among his other interests...