Sputnik : The Shock of the Century Paperback Paul Dickson

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Publication Name
Walker & Company
Special Attributes
EX-LIBRARY
ISBN
9780802779519
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Walker & Company
ISBN-10
0802779514
ISBN-13
9780802779519
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99670300

Product Key Features

Book Title
Sputnik : the Shock of the Century
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
World / Russian & Former Soviet Union, United States / 20th Century, Public Policy / Science & Technology Policy, Physics / Astrophysics, Space Science
Publication Year
2011
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Science, History
Author
Paul Dickson
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Trade
Reviews
"A superbly detailed account of the people and events that first took us off the surface of the Earth." Colonel Chris Hadfield, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut "Paul Dickson's indefatigable research and reportorial lucidity have given us a fascinating history of the event that forever changed our world." Walter Cronkite
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
629.460947
Synopsis
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.

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