Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science

Lord, M. G.

ISBN 10: 0802714277 / ISBN 13: 9780802714275

Editore: Walker Books (edition Original), 2005

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• Titolo: Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science
• Editore: Walker Books (edition Original)
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0802714277
• ISBN 13: 9780802714275
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: Original.
• Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto

Drawing on her own memories of growing up as the daughter of a rocket engineer in the late 1960s, the author of Forever Barbie describes her fascination with her father's work at Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory while recalling her pain at her father's absence and her fascination with science and space exploration.

Informazioni sull?autore

M. G. Lord is an author and critic. Since 1995 she has been a regular contributor to The New York Times Book Review and Times's Arts & Leisure section. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including ARTNews, Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, and The New Yorker. Currently, she is completing a family memoir about aerospace culture during the Cold War, which will be published in 2004 by Walker & Company. She lives in Los Angeles.