Rocket Man: Robert H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age

David A. Clary

ISBN 10: 0786887052 / ISBN 13: 9780786887057

Verlag: Hyperion Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2004

Beschreibung

Hyperion, New York. 2004. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Edition/First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Inscribed by the author on the front verso. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 324 pp. More famous in his day than Einstein or Edison, the troubled, solitary genius Robert H. Goddard was the American father of rocketry and space flight, launching the world's first liquid-fuel rockets and the first powered vehicles to break the sound barrier. A well-researched portrait of Robert Goddard shows him to be a hero and a visionary in the history of space technology. A clean pristine copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000699

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Titel: Rocket Man: Robert H. Goddard and the Birth ...

Verlag: Hyperion Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Erscheinungsdatum: 2004

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Signiert: Inscribed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition

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Traces the life and times of American rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard, describing his essential contributions to the science and technology of the twentieth century, the sometimes turbulent life of the visionary genius, and his pivotal role in launching the Space Age. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.