Preface V
Chapter One
The Boy Who Cried Out to Conquer the Universe 1
Section I Origin of the Nickname ��Chemistry Department�� 3
Section II Fortunate to be Scouted for ��Aerospace Studies�� 8
Section III A Perfect Test Paper 13
Chapter Two
Under the Tutelage of Famous Aerodynamicist
Theodore von K��rm��n 19
Section I The K��rm��n-Tsien Equation 21
Section II The Proposal of ��Hsue-shen Tsien Trajectory�� 28
Section III ��The Suicide Club�� 33
Chapter Three
A Chinese Scientist Worth Five Army Divisions 39
Section I The Young Man who Frequented the Pentagon 41
Section II Participating in the US Army��s ��Operation Paperclip�� 48
Section III Toward New Horizons 61
Chapter Four
Leaving America 67
Section I No Insurance 69
Section II Trumped-up Charges 77
Section III Diplomatic Mediation 90
Chapter Five
The Return of a Chinese Patriot 97
Section I General Chen Geng Attends a Meeting by Special Plane 99
Section II The Hsue-shen Tsien Fever 106
Section III Personally Compiling Rocket Teaching Materials 112
Section IV The Chinese People Can Now Be More Confident 123
Chapter Six
Soaring Rockets 129
Section I Replicating the Soviet Missile 131
Section II The Success of the ��1059�� Missile 139
Section III Failure is the Mother of Success 144
Section IV Two Missiles Stun the World 154
Chapter Seven
The Satellite Launches and the Music Plays 161
Section I The East Is Red Plays on a Satellite 163
Section II The Dazzling Qianxuesen Asteroid 177
Section III The Many Layers of Philosophy 181
Section IV A Thinker with New World Insights 187
Postscript 197