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Red Cosmos
James T. Andrews
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Description for Red Cosmos
Paperback. K E Tsiolkovskii was a science popularizer, novelist, technical inventor, and visionary, whose science fiction writings included futuristic drawings of space stations long before they appeared on any engineer's drawing board. This title shows that Tsiolkovskii was more than either a rocket inventor or a propaganda tool. Series: Centennial of Flight Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 b&w photos, 6 line art illustrations, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGT; TRP; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 259.
Long before the space race captured the world's attention, K.E. Tsiolkovskii first conceived of multi-stage rockets that would later be adapted as the basis of both the U.S. and Soviet rocket programs. Often called the grandfather of Russian rocketry, this provincial scientist was even sanctioned by Stalin to give a speech from Red Square on May Day 1935, lauding the Soviet technological future while also dreaming and expounding on his own visions of conquering the cosmos. Later, the Khrushchev regime used him as a 'poster boy' for Soviet excellence during its Cold War competition with the United States. Ironically, some ... Read more
Long before the space race captured the world's attention, K.E. Tsiolkovskii first conceived of multi-stage rockets that would later be adapted as the basis of both the U.S. and Soviet rocket programs. Often called the grandfather of Russian rocketry, this provincial scientist was even sanctioned by Stalin to give a speech from Red Square on May Day 1935, lauding the Soviet technological future while also dreaming and expounding on his own visions of conquering the cosmos. Later, the Khrushchev regime used him as a 'poster boy' for Soviet excellence during its Cold War competition with the United States. Ironically, some ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Centennial of Flight Series
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781603441681
SKU
V9781603441681
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99-60
About James T. Andrews
JAMES T. ANDREWS is an associate professor of modern Russian history at Iowa State University, where he has been director of EurAsian Studies and director of the Center for the Historical Studies of Technology and Science.
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