| LC control no. | n 81028871 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Qian, Xuesen, 1911-2009 |
| Variant(s) | Tsien, Hsue-shen, 1911-2009 Tsien, Hsue-sen, 1911-2009 T︠S︡i︠a︡nʹ, Si︠u︡ė-senʹ, 1911-2009 Chʻien, Hsüeh-sen, 1911-2009 Tsien, H. S. (Hsue Shen), 1911-2009 钱学森, 1911-2009 |
| Associated country | China U.S. |
| Birth date | 19111211 |
| Death date | 20091031 |
| Place of birth | Hangzho, China |
| Place of death | Beijing, China |
| Field of activity | Aeronautics |
| Affiliation | California Institute of Technology |
| Profession or occupation | Rocket scientist |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | His Problems in motion, of compressible fluid, 1938. Technical intelligence supplement, 1946: t.p. (H.S. Tsien; Guggenheim Lab., Calif. Inst. of Tech.) Collected works of H. S. Tsien, 1991: t.p. (Qian Xuesen [in Chi.]) Qian Xuesen, 2001: t.p. (钱学森 = Qian Xuesen) p. 465 (b. Dec. 11, 1911) New York times WWW site, Nov. 4, 2009 (in obituary published Nov. 3: Qian Xuesen; also known as Tsien Hsue-shen; b. 1911, Hangzhou; d. Saturday [Oct. 31, 2009], Beijing, aged 98; brilliant rocket scientist who single-handedly led China's space and military rocketry efforts after he was drummed out of the United States during the redbaiting of the McCarthy era) LC database, Nov. 4, 2009 (hdg.: Tsien, Hsue Shen; usage: Qian Xuesen [predominant form], H.S. Tsien) Google, viewed Sept. 4, 2012 (Qian Xuesen was a scientist who made important contributions to the missile and space programs of both the United States and People's Republic of China. Born: December 11, 1911, Hangzhou; Died: October 31, 2009, Beijing) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qian_Xuesen> |
| Associated language | chi eng |
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