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Willy Ley : prophet of the Space Age /

Already a highly respected rocket scientist and compatriot of Wernher von Braun, Willy Ley was the author of bestselling books and at the forefront of popular science journalism. But as von Braun came onto center stage with his Saturn rockets, Ley was ostracized and excluded from the limelight by yo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buss, Jared S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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