This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age
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- Synopsis
- In this extremely readable and interesting book, Burrows does a great job of describing the history of manned and unmanned space flight, beginning with poetic dreamers like Konstantin Tsiolkowsky to hard-nosed pragmatists like the German rocket scientists. But Burrows does even more -- he puts the history into context, giving the reader a good understanding of why the American and Russian space programs developed as they did. From the White House and the Kremlin, to astronauts walking on the moon, to geeky space scientists -- Burrows captures them perfectly in this book.
- Copyright:
- 1998
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 699 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780679445210
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 02/21/08
- Copyrighted By:
- William E. Burrows
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Technology
- Submitted By:
- John Riehl
- Proofread By:
- Michael Castner
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.