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The red rockets' glare : spaceflight and the Soviet imagination, 1857-1957 / Asif A. Siddiqi.
Van Pelt Library TL789.8.S65 S489 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Siddiqi, Asif A., 1966-
- Series:
- Cambridge centennial of flight
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronautics--Soviet Union--History.
- Astronautics.
- Soviet Union.
- History.
- Science and state--Soviet Union--History.
- Science and state.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 402 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- A space for science and a science for space
- "Grief and genius"
- Imagining the cosmos
- Local action, state imperatives
- "All of this requires investigation"
- Russians in Germany
- The Cold War and the creation of the Soviet ICBM
- Fellow travelers
- Launching Sputnik.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780521897600
- 0521897602
- OCLC:
- 435799879
- Publisher Number:
- 99937390842
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