Reconsidering Sputnik - Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Release date:	October 2000
First published:	2000
Editors:	Roger D Lanius • John M. Logsdon • Robert W Smith
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	464
ISBN-13:	978-90-5702-623-2
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Space science > Astronautics Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > American history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
LSN:	90-5702-623-6
Barcode:	9789057026232

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