Sonic wind : the story of John Paul Stapp and how a renegade doctor became the fastest man on earth / Craig Ryan.

By: Ryan, Craig, 1953- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]Description: 411 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780631491910; 0631491910Subject(s): Stapp, John P. (John Paul), 1910-1999 | United States. Air Force -- Officers -- Biography | Biophysicists -- United States -- Biography | Motor vehicles -- Safety appliances -- Research -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Aeronautics -- Safety measures -- Research -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryLOC classification: TL140.S688 | .R93 2015Summary: Documents the pivotal contributions of the late scientific visionary behind the development of seatbelts and ejection seats, outlining his dramatic experiments and battles for safety legislation that have been credited with saving millions of lives.
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Documents the pivotal contributions of the late scientific visionary behind the development of seatbelts and ejection seats, outlining his dramatic experiments and battles for safety legislation that have been credited with saving millions of lives.

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