Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War - Brossura

Neufeld, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0307389375 ISBN 13: 9780307389374

Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2008

Riassunto

An in-depth biography of Wernher von Braun offers a multifaceted portrait of the visionary German scientist who became the chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich, creator of the V-2 rocket, reluctant SS officer, and one of the fathers of the U.S. space program. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"Surpasses all previous books about [von Braun]. . . . Deeply researched, vigorously written, and balanced in its judgments."—The Boston Globe"A serious, important book that does justice to its subject's moral complexity and place in history."—Los Angeles Times Book Review “Neufeld's thoroughly satisfying biography . . . written in clear, fast-paced prose, offers the most complete, fully documented and critical account that the imperfect documentary record is likely to yield.”—The New York Times Book Review “A historian's masterpiece, will become the definitive biography.”—American Scientist

L'autore:

Michael Neufeld is the museum curator in the Space History Division of The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. He was educated at the University of Calgary and The Johns Hopkins University, where he received his doctorate in history. His book The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemunde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era was published by The Free Press in 1995 and was awarded the AIAA History Manuscript Award and the SHOT Dexter Prize. He lives in Maryland.

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• Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0307389375
• ISBN 13: 9780307389374
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 624