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Carrera espacial: la batalla épica entre América y la Unión Soviética por el dominio...-
by Cadbury, Deborah | HC | Good
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- Estado
- En buen estado
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780060845537
- Book Title
- Space Race : the Epic Battle between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering
- Topic
- Marine & Naval, Aeronautics & Astronautics
- Item Weight
- 23.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060845538
ISBN-13
9780060845537
eBay Product ID (ePID)
47688668
Product Key Features
Book Title
Space Race : the Epic Battle between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Marine & Naval, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
23.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-052693
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"A fascinatingly detailed account." -- GQ "A fresh and revealing look at one of the most crucial battlefields of the cold war." -- Randy Dotinga, Christian Science Monitor "A fascinating book." -- Los Angeles Daily News "This is an utterly engrossing book." -- Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs "Space Race is an admirable record of humanity's daring first forays away from the home planet." -- Chris Scott, BookPage "Cadbury skillfully weaves together politics, technology and biographical detail to produce a gripping tale." -- Slava Gerovitch, Moscow Times "A swift, exciting history of the race to the moon....First-rate research and reporting." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) "Cadbury's book is an excellent example of sound research, superb writing, and accomplished storytelling all rolled into one masterly effort." -- Library Journal, Cadbury skillfully weaves together politics, technology and biographical detail to produce a gripping tale., Cadbury's book is an excellent example of sound research, superb writing, and accomplished storytelling all rolled into one masterly effort.
Dewey Decimal
629.409
Synopsis
The basis for a four-part "National Geographic" series, this spellbinding account of the race into space includes, for the first time in history, the Russian side of the story. Two 8-page inserts, one in full color., The story of the race into space is marked by the greatest superpower rivalries, political paranoia, and technological feats of the twentieth century. But until now, we have known only half the story. With the end of the cold war, decades of secrets have been exposed, bringing with them a remarkable opportunity: the unmasking of the true heroes and villains behind one of the most exciting races in history. At the center of this exhilarating, fast-paced account are Wernher von Braun, the camera-friendly former Nazi scientist who led the American rocket design team, and Sergei Korolev, the chief Soviet designer and former political prisoner whose identity was a closely guarded state secret. These rivals were opposite in every way, save for one: each was obsessed by the idea of launching a man to the Moon. Korolev told his wife, "In every century men were looking into the sky and dreaming. And now I'm close to the greatest dream of mankind." In attempting to fulfill this dream, Korolev was initially hampered by a budget so small that his engineers were forced to repurpose cardboard boxes as drafting tables. Von Braun, meanwhile, was eventually granted almost limitless access to funds by an American government panicked at the thought that their cold war enemy might take the lead in the exploration of space. Korolev, whose family life was destroyed by his long sentence in the Gulag, was constantly aware that any false move would finish his career or even his life. His rival, on the other hand, enjoyed remarkable celebrity in America and was even the subject of a 1960 biopic. In this extraordinary book, Deborah Cadbury combines sheer adventure and nail-biting suspense with amoving portrayal of the space race's human dimension. Using source materials never before seen, she reveals that the essential story of the cold war is a mind-bending voyage beyond the bounds of the Earth, one marked by espionage, ambition, ingenuity, and passion., The story of the race into space is marked by the greatest superpower rivalries, political paranoia, and technological feats of the twentieth century. But until now, we have known only half the story. With the end of the cold war, decades of secrets have been exposed, bringing with them a remarkable opportunity: the unmasking of the true heroes and villains behind one of the most exciting races in history. At the center of this exhilarating, fast-paced account are Wernher von Braun, the camera-friendly former Nazi scientist who led the American rocket design team, and Sergei Korolev, the chief Soviet designer and former political prisoner whose identity was a closely guarded state secret. These rivals were opposite in every way, save for one: each was obsessed by the idea of launching a man to the Moon. Korolev told his wife, "In every century men were looking into the sky and dreaming. And now I'm close to the greatest dream of mankind." In attempting to fulfill this dream, Korolev was initially hampered by a budget so small that his engineers were forced to repurpose cardboard boxes as drafting tables. Von Braun, meanwhile, was eventually granted almost limitless access to funds by an American government panicked at the thought that their cold war enemy might take the lead in the exploration of space. Korolev, whose family life was destroyed by his long sentence in the Gulag, was constantly aware that any false move would finish his career or even his life. His rival, on the other hand, enjoyed remarkable celebrity in America and was even the subject of a 1960 biopic. In this extraordinary book, Deborah Cadbury combines sheeradventure and nail-biting suspense with a moving portrayal of the space race's human dimension. Using source materials never before seen, she reveals that the essential story of the cold war is a mind-bending voyage beyond the bounds of the Earth, one marked by espionage, ambition, ingenuity, and passion.
LC Classification Number
TL789.8.U5C33 2006
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