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James Van Allen: The First Eight Billion Miles
Abigail Foerstner
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Description for James Van Allen: The First Eight Billion Miles
Paperback. Astrophysicist and space pioneer James Van Allen, for whom the Van Allen radiation belts were named, was among the principal scientific investigators for twenty-four space missions. This book blends space science drama, military agendas, cold war politics, and the events of Van Allen's career to create a biography of this influential physicist. Num Pages: 396 pages, 52 photos. BIC Classification: BGT; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
Astrophysicist and space pioneer James Van Allen (1914-2006), for whom the Van Allen radiation belts were named, was among the principal scientific investigators for twenty-four space missions, including Explorer I in 1958, the first successful U.S. satellite; Mariner 2's 1962 flyby of Venus, the first successful mission to another planet; and the 1970s Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 missions that surveyed Jupiter and Saturn. Although he retired as a University of Iowa professor of physics and astronomy in 1985, he remained an active researcher, using his campus office to monitor data from Pioneer 10 - on course to reach the ... Read more
Astrophysicist and space pioneer James Van Allen (1914-2006), for whom the Van Allen radiation belts were named, was among the principal scientific investigators for twenty-four space missions, including Explorer I in 1958, the first successful U.S. satellite; Mariner 2's 1962 flyby of Venus, the first successful mission to another planet; and the 1970s Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 missions that surveyed Jupiter and Saturn. Although he retired as a University of Iowa professor of physics and astronomy in 1985, he remained an active researcher, using his campus office to monitor data from Pioneer 10 - on course to reach the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
568g
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
Iowa, United States
ISBN
9781587297953
SKU
V9781587297953
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Ref
99-15
About Abigail Foerstner
Abigail Foerstner teaches science writing and news writing in the graduate program at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She is the author of Picturing Utopia: Bertha Shambaugh and the Amana Photographers (IOWA 2000) and of hundreds of articles on science, history, and the visual arts. As a staff reporter for the suburban sections of the Chicago Tribune, she covered ... Read more
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