Author: Dickson, Paul.
Title: Sputnik: The Shock of the Century.
Description: New York Walker & Co, 2011. 1st p/b ed. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor edgewear, remainder mark (spot). 310 pp. Paul Dickson writes about the dramatic events and developments leading up to and following the Soviet launch of the satellite Sputnik in 1957. This book is a strikingly revised picture of the politics and personalities behind the facade of America's fledgling efforts to get into space exploration (the start of the space race, part of the Cold War). ISBN: 9780802779519

Keywords: physics, astronomy, technology, space travel, soviet union, sputnik, united states, government, space race 9780802779519


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