Astounding wonder : imagining science and science fiction in interwar America /

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When physicist Robert Goddard, whose career was inspired by H. G. Wells's War of the Worlds, published "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes," the response was electric. Newspaper headlines across the country announced, "Modern Jules Verne Invents Rocket to Reach Moon," wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cheng, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Science in popular culture > United States.
Literature and science > United States > History > 20th century.
Science fiction > Periodicals > History.
Science fiction, American > History and criticism.
Sciences dans la culture populaire > États-Unis.
Littérature et sciences > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Literature and science
Science fiction, American
Science fiction > Periodicals
Science in popular culture
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Circulation
  • pt. II. Reading
  • pt. III. Practice.

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