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Voices of the Soviet Space Program: Cosmonauts, Soldiers, and Engineers Who Took the USSR into Space (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
Slava Gerovitch
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Description for Voices of the Soviet Space Program: Cosmonauts, Soldiers, and Engineers Who Took the USSR into Space (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
Hardcover. In this remarkable oral history, Slava Gerovitch presents interviews with the men and women who witnessed Soviet space efforts firsthand. Rather than comprising a "master narrative," these fascinating and varied accounts bring to light the often divergent perspectives, experiences, and institutional cultures that defined the Soviet space program. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 319 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBTW; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
In this remarkable oral history, Slava Gerovitch presents interviews with the men and women who witnessed Soviet space efforts firsthand. Rather than comprising a "master narrative," these fascinating and varied accounts bring to light the often divergent perspectives, experiences, and institutional cultures that defined the Soviet space program.
In this remarkable oral history, Slava Gerovitch presents interviews with the men and women who witnessed Soviet space efforts firsthand. Rather than comprising a "master narrative," these fascinating and varied accounts bring to light the often divergent perspectives, experiences, and institutional cultures that defined the Soviet space program.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Number of Pages
305
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137481788
SKU
V9781137481788
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99-15
About Slava Gerovitch
Slava Gerovitch is Lecturer in History of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
Reviews for Voices of the Soviet Space Program: Cosmonauts, Soldiers, and Engineers Who Took the USSR into Space (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
“Voices of the Soviet Space Program unites an invaluable collection of individual experiences and personal viewpoints. The impressive successes of the space program did elicit real 'cosmic enthusiasm,' especially among the young but also among the known and unknown participants in the Soviet space program.” (Julia Richers, Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History, Vol. 18 (4), 2017) ... Read more