Reconsidering Sputnik : Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite

Name: Reconsidering Sputnik
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9789057026232
Price: 33300 KES
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ISBN: 9789057026232

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Format Hardback

Book Series Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

ISBN-10 9057026236

ISBN-13 9789057026232

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 31st, 2000

Print length 464 Pages

Weight 902 grams

Dimensions 16.60 x 24.20 x 2.80 cms

Product Classification: European history History of the Americas Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 International relations History European history History of the Americas History of engineering & technology History of engineering and technology Astronautics

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This book explores Russia's success of ushering in the space age by launching Sputnik and beating the United States into space.

This book explores Russia''s stunning success of ushering in the space age by launching Sputnik and beating the United States into space. It also examines the formation of NASA, the race for human exploration of the moon, the reality of global satellite communications, and a new generation of scientific spacecraft that began exploring the universe. An introductory essay by Pulitzer Prize winner Walter A. McDougall sets the context for Sputnik and its significance at the end of the twentieth century.

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