Sputnik: The Shock of the Century - Softcover

Dickson, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802779514 ISBN 13: 9780802779519

Verlag: Walker & Co, 2011

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Book by Dickson Paul

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Reseña del editor:

On October 4, 1957, as Leave It to Beaver premiered on American television, the Soviet Union launched the space age. Sputnik, all of 184 pounds with only a radio transmitter inside its highly polished shell, became the first man-made object in space; while it immediately shocked the world, its long-term impact was even greater, for it profoundly changed the shape of the twentieth century.

In Sputnik, Paul Dickson chronicles the dramatic events and developments leading up to and emanating from Sputnik's launch. Supported by groundbreaking, original research and many recently declassified documents, Sputnik offers a fascinating profile of the early American and Soviet space programs and a strikingly revised picture of the politics and personalities behind the facade of America's fledgling efforts to get into space.

Biografía del autor:

Paul Dickson is the author of more than forty books, including The Joy of Keeping Score, The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary, Baseball's Greatest Quotations, and Baseball: The Presidents' Game. In addition to baseball, his specialties include Americana and language. He lives in Garrett Park, Maryland.

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• Verlag: Walker & Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0802779514
• ISBN 13: 9780802779519
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 310