Rockets and Revolution : A Cultural History of Early Spaceflight /

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"Rockets and Revolution offers a multifaceted study of the race toward space in the first half of the twentieth century, examining how the Russian, European, and American pioneers competed against one another in the early years to acquire the fundamentals of rocket science, engineer simple rock...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Smith, Michael G., 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Loncoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Astronautics > Social aspects.
Astronautics and state.
Astronautics.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
HISTORY > United States > 20th century.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th century.
Astronautique > Politique gouvernementale.
Astronautique > Histoire.
Astronautics > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. One The Surveillance of Outer Space and the Russian Empire
  • 1. Envisioning the Biological Universe
  • 2. Mystical Economies of Earth and Space
  • 3. The Mechanics of Interplanetary Travel
  • pt. Two The Mastery of Time and the Bolshevik Revolution
  • 4. Lyrical Cosmism of the Russian Revolution
  • 5. The Pioneers and the Spaceflight Imperative
  • 6. Rocket Spaceships as Science Fictions
  • 7. The Origins and Ends of Life on Earth
  • pt. Three The Rise of Rocket Science and the Soviet Union
  • 8. The First Foundations of Astronautics
  • 9. A Race into the Stratosphere
  • 10. Stalinism and the Genesis of Cosmonautics.

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