New York: Basic Books, November 1995. Hardcover. First Edition / second printing. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xviii + 329 pages.

The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became—to America's continuing chagrin—the father of the Chinese missile program. Born in China in 1911, he came to the United States during the 1930s, earned a Ph.D. at Caltech, and made major contributions to aeronautics, rocketry, and other fields. After applying for U.S. citizenship in the 1950s, however, he became an innocent target of the Red Scare and was deported. Then, instead of assuming the leadership role in America's missile and space programs for which he appeared destined, he helped create the Chinese missile and space program that later supplied the Third World with Silkworm missiles. Tsien's incredible life is the story of one of the greatest blunders ever made by the U.S. government. Chang's biography ranges across the histories of rocketry, aeronautics, nuclear weapons development, and U.S.-China relations.

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Librería: Books of the World (US)
Inventario del vendedor #: RWARE0000003858
Título: Thread of the Silkworm
Autor: Iris Chang
Formato/Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Estado del libro: Usado - Fine
Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine
Cantidad disponible: 1
Edición: First Edition, Second Printing
ISBN 10: 0465087167
ISBN 13: 9780465087167
Editorial: Basic Books
Lugar de publicación: New York
Fecha de publicación: November 1995
Páginas: xviii + 329
Tamaño: 8vo
Palabras clave: biography, Tsien Hsue-Shen, Qian Xuesen, government, history, rocketry, rockets, engineering, engineers, science, scientists, space program, aeronautical, aeronautics, astronautics, anti-communist, red scare, government, history, United States, China
Catálogos del vendedor: Science & Technology; China; Politics & Government; Military and Defense; Biographies; Asia;

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