Trio of workbook folders used by Skylab 4 Pilot Bill Pogue during his employment as an assistant professor in the United States Air Force Academy’s mathematics department in the late 1950s and early 1960s, with each workbook containing copious amounts of scientific notations written in Pogue’s own hand, as well as in those of his students. One workbook, labeled on the front cover, “Mathematic 453, Problem Notebook, William R. Pogue,” includes numerous study plans, work sheets, midterms and finals, as well as classroom notes, with many dated throughout March and April of 1959. The second contains information on the thirteen Astro 300 instructors, issuing Pogue for sections 9 and 6, a schedule for the May term, numerous lessons and outlines, and a cadet’s grade report for the week ending on May 8, 1961; Pogue has affixed a handwritten Post-It to the first page, “In 1962 I was asked to teach a course in the Astro Department of the USAFA—These are notes & exercises, Bill Pogue.” The third workbook contains work assignments, problem and solution pages, a student roster, several packets related to astrodynamics and rocket navigation, and a copy of a student thesis dated June 22, 1961; Pogue has affixed a handwritten Post-It to the front cover, “Workbook of problems in astrodynamics, now called ‘Orbital mechanics,’ Bill Pogue.” In overall very good condition. Pre-certified Zarelli Space Authentication.
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