Michael G. Smith

Rockets and Revolution

A Cultural History of Early Spaceflight

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Produktbeschreibung

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 rockets, and ultimately prepare the path for human spaceflight.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 812g
• ISBN-13: 9780803255227
• ISBN-10: 0803255225
• Artikelnr.: 41052097

Autorenporträt

Michael G. Smith is an associate professor of history at Purdue University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Introduction
Part 1. 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
Part 2. 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
Part 3. 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
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index