Author: Dickson, Paul.
Title: Sputnik: The Shock of the Century.
Description: New York Walker & Co., 2001. 1st ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, minimal edgewear jacket. 310 pp. Paul Dickson reports 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). First edition. ISBN: 0802713653

Keywords: physics, astronomy, technology, space travel, soviet union, sputnik, united states, government, space race 0802713653


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