S. A. E. Miller, Ph.D. – Page 21 – Prediction via Theory

Subcritical Assembly

Aerospace Verses Mechanical Engineers

Mechanical Engineers use $y$ as a coordinate axis at the ground pointing towards the sky. Dissimilar, Aerospace Engineers use $y$ as a coordinate fixed to a flight-vehicle pointing towards the Earth. This is why Mechanical Engineers have their feet on the ground, and Aerospace Engineers have their heads above the clouds.

Navier Choisy Bridge Signature (1785)

Dr. Navier’s signature in correspondance of the Choisy Bridge, 1785.

Friedwardt Winterberg

Wernher Von Braun once said that we have invented rockets, not to destroy our planet, but to explore the universe. Similarly, we may say that we have discovered thermonuclear energy, not to destroy our planet, but to advance mankind toward a peaceful, galactic culture.
Friedwardt Winterberg

Shocks, a Whole Family

Generalized Burgers’ Equation

Dirac and Feynman Discussion

Two characters talking about physics, one talking at one word per minute (Dirac), and the other with a flow or stream of consciousness (Feynman).

Mystery of $e$ and $i$

What a cast of characters! From the book `Who is Fourier?’

One Explosion Tests and thoughts on Terribleness

Trinity: the first four seconds. Oppenheimer later told journalists, “If you ask: can we make them more terrible, the answer is yes; if you ask: can we make more of them, the answer is yes; if you ask: can we make them terribly more terrible, the answer is-probably.”