ISBN: 9781107639324 - the red rockets' glare: spaceflight and the russian imagination, 1857–1957 (21 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good+. Minor reading wear. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Index. xiii, 402 pp.

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Rustica (tapa blanda). Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Nuevo. 01. The Red Rockets Glare is the first academic study on the birth of the Soviet space program and one of the first social histories of Soviet science. Based on many years of archival research, the book situates the birth of cosmic enthusiasm within the social and cultural upheavals of Russian and Soviet history. Asif A. Siddiqi frames the origins of Sputnik by bridging imagination with engineering seeing them not as dialectic, discrete, and sequential but as mutable, intertwined, and concurrent. Imagination and engineering not only fed each other but were also co-produced by key actors who maintained a delicate line between secret work on rockets (which interested the military) and public prognostications on the cosmos (which captivated the populace). LIBRO.…

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Paperback. Condizione: New. The Red Rockets' Glare is the first academic study on the birth of the Soviet space program and one of the first social histories of Soviet science. Based on many years of archival research, the book situates the birth of cosmic enthusiasm within the social and cultural upheavals of Russian and Soviet history. Asif A. Siddiqi frames the origins of Sputnik by bridging imagination with engineering - seeing them not as dialectic, discrete, and sequential but as mutable, intertwined, and concurrent. Imagination and engineering not only fed each other but were also co-produced by key actors who maintained a delicate line between secret work on rockets (which interested the military) and public prognostications on the cosmos (which captivated the populace). Sputnik, he argues, was the outcome of both large-scale state imperatives to harness science and technology and populist phenomena that frequently owed little to the whims and needs of the state apparatus.…

Softcover. Condizione: Very good. First paperback edition. xiii, 402 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback. Tear in upper front hinge.

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Condizione: very good. no dustjacket. 8vo pp.402. book.

Condizione: New. An academic study on the birth of the Soviet space program, situating the birth of cosmic enthusiasm within Russian and Soviet history. Series: Cambridge Centennial of Flight. Num Pages: 418 pages, 33 b/w illus. 1 map 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 634. . 2014. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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Condizione: New. An academic study on the birth of the Soviet space program, situating the birth of cosmic enthusiasm within Russian and Soviet history. Series: Cambridge Centennial of Flight. Num Pages: 418 pages, 33 b/w illus. 1 map 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 634. . 2014. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . …

Paperback. Condizione: New. The Red Rockets' Glare is the first academic study on the birth of the Soviet space program and one of the first social histories of Soviet science. Based on many years of archival research, the book situates the birth of cosmic enthusiasm within the social and cultural upheavals of Russian and Soviet history. Asif A. Siddiqi frames the origins of Sputnik by bridging imagination with engineering - seeing them not as dialectic, discrete, and sequential but as mutable, intertwined, and concurrent. Imagination and engineering not only fed each other but were also co-produced by key actors who maintained a delicate line between secret work on rockets (which interested the military) and public prognostications on the cosmos (which captivated the populace). Sputnik, he argues, was the outcome of both large-scale state imperatives to harness science and technology and populist phenomena that frequently owed little to the whims and needs of the state apparatus.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The Red Rockets' Glare is the first academic study on the birth of the Soviet space program and one of the first social histories of Soviet science. Based on many years of archival research, the book situates the birth of cosmic enthusiasm within the social and cultural upheavals of Russian and Soviet history. Asif A. Siddiqi frames the origins of Sputnik by bridging imagination with engineering - seeing them not as dialectic, discrete, and sequential but as mutable, intertwined, and concurrent. Imagination and engineering not only fed each other but were also co-produced by key actors who maintained a delicate line between secret work on rockets (which interested the military) and public prognostications on the cosmos (which captivated the populace). Sputnik, he argues, was the outcome of both large-scale state imperatives to harness science and technology and populist phenomena that frequently owed little to the whims and needs of the state apparatus. This book situates the birth of cosmic enthusiasm within the social and cultural upheavals of Russian and Soviet history, arguing that Sputnik was the outcome of both large-scale state imperatives to harness science and technology and populist phenomena that frequently owed little to the whims and needs of the state apparatus. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. The Red Rockets' Glare | Spaceflight and the Russian Imagination, 1857 1957 | Asif A. Siddiqi | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2013 | Cambridge University Press | EAN 9781107639324 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.…