Countdown : a history of space flight
Heppenheimer, T. A.1997
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The race to put a man on the moon provided the perfect metaphor for scientific achievement, one that challenged and captured the public imagination. The space race also served equally powerful political and social objectives, as Heppenheimer reveals.
Main title:
Countdown : a history of space flight / T. A. Heppenheimer.
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Imprint:
New York ; Chichester : Wiley, c1997.
Collation:
x, 398p., [8]p. of plates : ill., facsim., maps, port. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-376) and index.
ISBN:
9780471144397 (hbk)
Dewey class:
629.4109629.41
Language:
English
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BRN:
172781
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