Sputnik: The Launch of the Space Race Tapa blanda - 2001

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MacFarlane Walter & Ross, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

MacFarlane Walter & Ross, 2002. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Toronto,: MacFarlane Walter & Ross, 2001. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. pp.310, ""On October 4, 1957 as Leave It to Beaver premiered on American television, the Soviet Union launched the first man-made object into space, an 84-kilogram satellite carrying only a radio transmitter. While Sputnik immediately shocked the world, its long-term impact was even greater, for it profoundly changed the shape of the twentieth Century.""

" The full story behind one of the 20th century's most dramatic events the launch of the space race On October 4, 1957, as Leave It to Beaver premiered on American television, the Soviet Union issued an announcement that stunned the world. Their scientists had successfully sent Sputnik I an 84-kilogram sphere with only a radio transmitter inside its highly polished shell into orbit around the Earth. It was the first man-made object in space. In this engaging and far-reaching book, Paul Dickson chronicles the dramatic developments leading up to and emanating from Sputnik. With the support of groundbreaking research and recently declassified documents, he offers a fascinating profile of the early space programs and a strikingly revised picture of the politics and personalities behind the efforts to get into space. Although Sputnik was unmanned, its story is intensely human, from the visionary Soviet engineers whose theories were ahead of their time to the public-relations specialists who created one of… Leer más

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