KARMAN, THEODORE VON

born , May 11, 1881, Budapest died May 6, 1963, Aachen, W.Ger. Hungarian-born American research engineer best known for his pioneering work in the use of mathematics and the basic sciences in aeronautics and astronautics. His laboratory at the California Institute of Technology later became the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Additional reading Theodore von Krmn with Lee Edson, The Wind and Beyond (1967), an autobiography for the general reader; Aerodynamics: Selected Topics in the Light of Their Historical Development (1954), suitable for nonspecialist readers; Collected Works of Theodore von Krmn, 4 vol. (1956); F.L. Wattendorf and F.J. Malina, Theodore von Krmn, 18811963, Astronautica Acta, 10:81 (1964); S. Goldstein, Theodore von Krmn, 18811963, Biogr. Mem. Fellows R. Soc., 12:335365 (1966); D.S. Halacy, Jr., Father of Supersonic Flight: Theodor von Krmn (1965), a popular text for the layman.