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Destined for the stars : faith, the future, and America's final frontier /
Where did humanity get the idea that outer space is a frontier waiting to be explored? Destined for the Stars unravels the popularization of the science of space exploration in America between 1944 and 1955, arguing that the success of the US space program was due not to technological or economic su...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Painting That Launched a Thousand Careers; Chapter 2. Solar System; Chapter 3. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone; Chapter 4. Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel; Chapter 5. The Conquest of Space; Color Plates; Chapter 6. Destination Moon; Chapter 7. Physics of the Upper Atmosphere; Chapter 8. Crossing the Last Frontier; Chapter 9. Man in Space; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index