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122 relations: Academician, Aerodynamics, Aeronautics, Aerospace engineering, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American President Lines, Arthur C. Clarke, Aviation Week & Space Technology, Beijing, Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar, Boston, Boxer Indemnity Scholarship, California Institute of Technology, Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chiang Kai-shek, China, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, China and weapons of mass destruction, China Central Television, China–United States relations, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese space program, Communism, Communist Party USA, Complex system, Control system, Cyberneticist, Dan A. Kimball, Dongfeng (missile), Engineering cybernetics, Engineering physics, Error detection and correction, Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island, Federal government of the United States, France, Frank Malina, Frank Oppenheimer, Franklin Institute, George Pendle, Grant Cooper, Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, Guo Yonghuai, Hangzhou, HathiTrust, High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University, Hong Kong, House arrest, Hsue-Chu Tsien, Hsue-shen Tsien (film), Hutchinson (publisher), ..., Jack Parsons (rocket engineer), James S. A. Corey, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jiang Baili, Jiang Ying (musician), John von Neumann, Josephine de Karman, Klaus Fuchs, Korean War, Kuomintang, Lee Alvin DuBridge, Long Beach, California, Long March (rocket family), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, Mao Zedong, Mariner Books, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master of Science, McCarthyism, McGraw-Hill Education, Mechanical engineering, MGM-5 Corporal, Military science, Ministry of Education (Taiwan), Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China, Missile, Natural science, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nuclear fission, Nuclear fusion, Pasadena, California, People's Liberation Army, People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, Perturbation theory, Philosophy, Phoenix Television, Princeton University Press, Private (rocket), Qian (surname), Qigong, Qing dynasty, Random House, Ray Monk, Repatriation, Roger Y. Tsien, Science fiction, Servomechanism, Shanghai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shenzhou 5, Social science, Space Shuttle, SS President Cleveland (1947), Studies in Applied Mathematics, Systematics, Systems science, Terminal Island, Test No. 6, The Christian Science Monitor, The Expanse (novel series), Theodore von Kármán, Thermonuclear weapon, Traditional Chinese medicine, United States Under Secretary of the Navy, V-2 rocket, WAC Corporal, Ye Qisun, Zhejiang, Zheng Zhemin, 2010: Odyssey Two, 596 (nuclear test). Expand index (72 more) »
Academician
An academician is a full member of an artistic, literary, or scientific academy.
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Aerodynamics
Aerodynamics, from Greek ἀήρ aer (air) + δυναμική (dynamics), is the study of the motion of air, particularly its interaction with a solid object, such as an airplane wing.
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Aeronautics
Aeronautics (from the ancient Greek words ὰήρ āēr, which means "air", and ναυτική nautikē which means "navigation", i.e. "navigation into the air") is the science or art involved with the study, design, and manufacturing of air flight capable machines, and the techniques of operating aircraft and rockets within the atmosphere.
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Aerospace engineering
Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft.
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is a professional society for the field of aerospace engineering.
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American President Lines
American President Lines Ltd. (now simply referred to as APL), along with its parent company CMA CGM, is the world's third-largest container transportation and shipping company, providing more than 80 weekly services.
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Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.
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Aviation Week & Space Technology
Aviation Week & Space Technology, often abbreviated Aviation Week or AW&ST, is the flagship magazine of the Aviation Week Network.
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Beijing
Beijing, formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's second most populous city proper, and most populous capital city.
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Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar
The Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar ("Dynamic Soarer") was a United States Air Force (USAF) program to develop a spaceplane that could be used for a variety of military missions, including aerial reconnaissance, bombing, space rescue, satellite maintenance, and as a space interceptor to sabotage enemy satellites.
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Boston
Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
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Boxer Indemnity Scholarship
The Boxer Indemnity Scholarship, funded by the Boxer Rebellion indemnity money, was a scholarship program for Chinese students to be educated in the United States.
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California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology (abbreviated Caltech)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; other spellings such as.
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Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is a political body that comprises the top leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
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Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also romanized as Chiang Chieh-shih or Jiang Jieshi and known as Chiang Chungcheng, was a political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975, first in mainland China until 1949 and then in exile in Taiwan.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program.
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China and weapons of mass destruction
The People's Republic of China has developed and possesses weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and nuclear weapons.
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China Central Television
China Central Television (formerly Beijing Television), commonly abbreviated as CCTV, is the predominant state television broadcaster in the People's Republic of China.
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China–United States relations
China–United States relations, more often known as U.S.–Chinese relations, Chinese–U.S. relations, or Sino-American relations, refers to international relations between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America.
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Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), with historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republic of China era, is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Chinese space program
The space program of the People's Republic of China is directed by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
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Communism
In political and social sciences, communism (from Latin communis, "common, universal") is the philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state.
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Communist Party USA
The Communist Party USA (CPUSA) is a communist political party in the United States established in 1919 after a split in the Socialist Party of America.
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Complex system
A complex system is a system composed of many components which may interact with each other.
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Control system
A control system manages, commands, directs, or regulates the behavior of other devices or systems using control loops.
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Cyberneticist
A cyberneticist or a cybernetician is a person who practices cybernetics.
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Dan A. Kimball
Dan Able Kimball (March 1, 1896 – July 30, 1970) was the 50th U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
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Dongfeng (missile)
Intercontinental Range Ballistic Missiles (2007). Note: China currently is capable of targeting its nuclear forces throughout the region and most of the world, including the continental United States. Newer systems, such as the DF-31, DF-31A, and JL-2, will give China a more survivable nuclear force. The Dongfeng series, typically abbreviated as "DF missiles", are a family of short, medium, intermediate-range and intercontinental ballistic missiles operated by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (formerly the Second Artillery Corps).
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Engineering cybernetics
Engineering cybernetics or technical cybernetics, established by H.S. Tsien, is a field of cybernetics, which deals with the question of control engineering of mechatronic systems as well as chemical or biological systems.
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Engineering physics
Engineering physics or engineering science refers to the study of the combined disciplines of physics, mathematics and engineering, particularly computer, nuclear, electrical, electronic, materials or mechanical engineering.
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Error detection and correction
In information theory and coding theory with applications in computer science and telecommunication, error detection and correction or error control are techniques that enable reliable delivery of digital data over unreliable communication channels.
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Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island
The Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island (FCI Terminal Island) is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in California.
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Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government) is the national government of the United States, a constitutional republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D.C. (the nation's capital), and several territories.
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France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
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Frank Malina
Frank Joseph Malina (October 2, 1912 – November 9, 1981) was an American aeronautical engineer and painter, especially known for becoming both a pioneer in the art world and the realm of scientific engineering.
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Frank Oppenheimer
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Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute is a science museum and the center of science education and research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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George Pendle
George Pendle (born 1976) is a British author and journalist.
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Grant Cooper
Grant B. Cooper (April 1, 1903, in New York City Priceless Defenders – May 3, 1990), was the chief defense attorney in the murder trial against Sirhan Sirhan for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
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Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory
The Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT), was a research institute created in 1926, at first specializing in aeronautics research.
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Guo Yonghuai
Guo Yonghuai, or Yung-huai Kuo (April 4, 1909 – December 5, 1968) was a Chinese expert in aerodynamics.
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Hangzhou
Hangzhou (Mandarin:; local dialect: /ɦɑŋ tseɪ/) formerly romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang Province in East China.
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HathiTrust
HathiTrust is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries including content digitized via the Google Books project and Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by libraries.
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High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University
The High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University (Chinese Simplified: 北京师范大学附属中学, Traditional: 北京師範大學附屬中學, Pinyin: Běijīng Shīfàn Dàxué Fùshǔ Zhōngxué, BJSDFZ) is a high school affiliated with Beijing Normal University located in Xicheng District, Beijing.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.
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House arrest
In justice and law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or, in modern times, electronic monitoring) is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to a residence.
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Hsue-Chu Tsien
Hsue-Chu Tsien, COL (H.C. Tsien, 1914–1997), was an aeronautic and mechanical engineer who played important roles in aircraft building in both China and afterward the United States.
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Hsue-shen Tsien (film)
Hsue-shen Tsien is a 2012 Chinese biographical film directed by Zhang Jianya, and starring Chen Kun, Zhang Yuqi, and Zhang Tielin.
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Hutchinson (publisher)
Hutchinson began as Hutchinson & Co.
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Jack Parsons (rocket engineer)
John Whiteside "Jack" Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer and rocket propulsion researcher, chemist, and Thelemite occultist.
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James S. A. Corey
James S. A. Corey is the pen name used by collaborators Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center in Pasadena, California, United States, with large portions of the campus in La Cañada Flintridge, California.
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Jiang Baili
Jiang Fangzhen (1882 – 4 November 1938), courtesy name Baili and art name Danning, better known as Jiang Baili, was a Chinese military writer, strategist, trainer and army general of the Republic of China.
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Jiang Ying (musician)
Jiang Ying (August 11, 1919 – February 5, 2012) was a Chinese opera singer and music teacher.
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John von Neumann
John von Neumann (Neumann János Lajos,; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, and polymath.
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Josephine de Karman
Josephine (Pipö) de Karman was the sister and life-partner of Theodore von Kármán.
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Klaus Fuchs
Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (29 December 1911 – 28 January 1988) was a German theoretical physicist and atomic spy who, in 1950, was convicted of supplying information from the American, British, and Canadian Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after the Second World War.
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Korean War
The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).
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Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China (KMT; often translated as the Nationalist Party of China) is a major political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan, based in Taipei and is currently the opposition political party in the Legislative Yuan.
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Lee Alvin DuBridge
Lee Alvin DuBridge (1901–1994) was an American educator and physicist, best known as president of the California Institute of Technology ("Caltech") (1946–1969.
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Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Greater Los Angeles area of Southern California.
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Long March (rocket family)
A Long March rocket or Changzheng rocket in Chinese pinyin is any rocket in a family of expendable launch systems operated by the People's Republic of China.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.
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Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, is the most populous county in the United States, with more than 10 million inhabitants as of 2017.
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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893September 9, 1976), commonly known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.
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Mariner Books
Mariner Books, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, was established in 1997 as a publisher of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry in paperback.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
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Master of Science
A Master of Science (Magister Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM, or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries, or a person holding such a degree.
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McCarthyism
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.
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McGraw-Hill Education
McGraw-Hill Education (MHE) is a learning science company and one of the "big three" educational publishers that provides customized educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education.
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Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is the discipline that applies engineering, physics, engineering mathematics, and materials science principles to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems.
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MGM-5 Corporal
The MGM-5 Corporal missile was a nuclear-armed tactical surface-to-surface missile.
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Military science
Military science is the study of military processes, institutions, and behavior, along with the study of warfare, and the theory and application of organized coercive force.
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Ministry of Education (Taiwan)
The Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (MOE) is the ministry responsible for incorporating educational policies and managing public schools in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and has Overseas Education Divisions all over the world.
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Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China
The Ministry of National Defence of the People's Republic of China or for short the "National Defence Ministry" is a ministry under the State Council.
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Missile
In modern language, a missile is a guided self-propelled system, as opposed to an unguided self-propelled munition, referred to as a rocket (although these too can also be guided).
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Natural science
Natural science is a branch of science concerned with the description, prediction, and understanding of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi) is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry.
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Nuclear fission
In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fission is either a nuclear reaction or a radioactive decay process in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts (lighter nuclei).
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Nuclear fusion
In nuclear physics, nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei come close enough to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles (neutrons or protons).
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Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of Downtown Los Angeles.
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People's Liberation Army
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the armed forces of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Communist Party of China (CPC).
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People's Liberation Army Rocket Force
The People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, formerly the Second Artillery Corps (SAC), is the strategic and tactical missile forces of the People's Republic of China.
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Perturbation theory
Perturbation theory comprises mathematical methods for finding an approximate solution to a problem, by starting from the exact solution of a related, simpler problem.
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Philosophy
Philosophy (from Greek φιλοσοφία, philosophia, literally "love of wisdom") is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.
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Phoenix Television
Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd or Phoenix Television is a Hong Kong–based, Cayman Islands registered Cantonese and Mandarin-language television broadcaster that serves the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong along with other markets with substantial Chinese viewers.
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Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections to Princeton University.
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Private (rocket)
Private was an experimental rocket developed by the California Institute of Technology on behalf of the United States Army.
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Qian (surname)
Qian (Shanghainese), also spelt Chin, Chien, Tsien, or rarely Zee, is a common Chinese family name.
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Qigong
Qigong, qi gong, chi kung, or chi gung is a holistic system of coordinated body posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used in the belief that it promotes health, spirituality, and martial arts training.
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Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty, also known as the Qing Empire, officially the Great Qing, was the last imperial dynasty of China, established in 1636 and ruling China from 1644 to 1912.
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Random House
Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world.
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Ray Monk
Ray Monk (born 15 February 1957) is a British philosopher.
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Repatriation
Repatriation is the process of returning an asset, an item of symbolic value or a person - voluntarily or forcibly - to its owner or their place of origin or citizenship.
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Roger Y. Tsien
Roger Yonchien Tsien (February 1, 1952 – August 24, 2016) was a Han Chinese/Taiwanese-American biochemist.
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Science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.
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Servomechanism
In control engineering a servomechanism, sometimes shortened to servo, is an automatic device that uses error-sensing negative feedback to correct the action of a mechanism.
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Shanghai
Shanghai (Wu Chinese) is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China and the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million.
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Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) is a public research university in Shanghai, China.
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Shenzhou 5
Shenzhou 5 — was the first human spaceflight mission of the Chinese space program, launched on 15 October 2003.
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Social science
Social science is a major category of academic disciplines, concerned with society and the relationships among individuals within a society.
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Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as part of the Space Shuttle program.
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SS President Cleveland (1947)
SS President Cleveland was an American passenger ship originally ordered by the Maritime Commission during World War II, as one of the Admiral-class Type P2-SE2-R1 transport ships, and intended to be named USS Admiral D. W. Taylor (AP-128).
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Studies in Applied Mathematics
The journal Studies in Applied Mathematics is published by Wiley–Blackwell on behalf of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Systematics
Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time.
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Systems science
Systems science is an interdisciplinary field that studies the nature of systems—from simple to complex—in nature, society, cognition, and science itself.
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Terminal Island
Terminal Island is a largely artificial island located in Los Angeles County, California, between the neighborhood of San Pedro in the city of Los Angeles, and the city of Long Beach.
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Test No. 6
Test No.
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The Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor (CSM) is a nonprofit news organization that publishes daily articles in electronic format as well as a weekly print edition.
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The Expanse (novel series)
The Expanse is a series of science fiction novels series (and related novellas and short stories) by James S. A. Corey, the joint pen name of authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.
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Theodore von Kármán
Theodore von Kármán ((szőllőskislaki) Kármán Tódor; 11 May 1881 – 6 May 1963) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics and astronautics.
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Thermonuclear weapon
A thermonuclear weapon is a second-generation nuclear weapon design using a secondary nuclear fusion stage consisting of implosion tamper, fusion fuel, and spark plug which is bombarded by the energy released by the detonation of a primary fission bomb within, compressing the fuel material (tritium, deuterium or lithium deuteride) and causing a fusion reaction.
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Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a style of traditional medicine built on a foundation of more than 2,500 years of Chinese medical practice that includes various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (tui na), exercise (qigong), and dietary therapy, but recently also influenced by modern Western medicine.
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United States Under Secretary of the Navy
The Under Secretary of the Navy is the second-highest ranking civilian official in the United States Department of the Navy.
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V-2 rocket
The V-2 (Vergeltungswaffe 2, "Retribution Weapon 2"), technical name Aggregat 4 (A4), was the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile.
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WAC Corporal
The WAC or WAC Corporal was the first sounding rocket developed in the United States.
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Ye Qisun
Ye Qisun (July 16, 1898 – January 3, 1977), also named Ye Hongjuan (叶鸿眷), was a renowned Chinese physicist and one of the founders of modern physics in China.
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Zhejiang
, formerly romanized as Chekiang, is an eastern coastal province of China.
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Zheng Zhemin
Zheng Zhemin (born 1924), also romanized as Cheng Chemin, is a Chinese physicist specialized in explosive mechanics.
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2010: Odyssey Two
2010: Odyssey Two is a 1982 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke.
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596 (nuclear test)
Project 596, originally named by the US intelligence agencies Chic-1, is the codename of the People's Republic of China's first nuclear weapons test, detonated on October 16, 1964, at the Lop Nur test site.
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Ch'ien Hsueh-sen, H.S. Tsien, Hsue-Shen Tsien, Hsue-shen Tsien, Qián Xuésēn, Tsien Hsue-Shen, Tsien Hsue-sen, Tsien Hsue-shen, 錢學森, 钱学森.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qian_Xuesen
