Attribution
Michael J. NeufeldPublication Details
Book1st edAlfred A. Knopf in association with the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution2007Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) TL781.85.V6 N48 2007 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Description
The first authoritative biography of Wernher von Braun, chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich?creator of the infamous V-2 rocket?who became one of the fathers of the U.S. space program. Handsome and likable, von Braun dedicated himself to selling the American public on interplanetary travel and became a household name in the 1950s, appearing on Disney TV shows and writing for popular magazines. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
Contents
- A romantic urge
- The wheel of progress (to 1925)
- Sonny bot (1925-32)
- The black sedan (1932-34)
- How much do you want? (1935-37)
- His indisputable genius (1937-39)
- Future dreams (1939-42)
- A pretty hellish environment (1942-44)
- A young man, of very Germanic appearance (1944-45)
- Morning in the desert (1945-46)
- Mars project (1946-49)
- Space superiority (1950-54)
- We could do it! (1954-57)
- The seer of space (1957-58) - - I aim at the stars (1958-60)
- Before this decade is out (1960-63)
- You’re an optimist, but then, so am I (1963-67)
- A pretty emotional moment (1967-69)
- For him, a world was falling apart (1969-72)
- The heavens declare the Glory of God (1972-77)
- A Faustian shadow
ISBN
- 9780307262929
- 0307262928
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