James Van Allen the first eight billion miles /

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Glavni autor: Foerstner, Abigail, 1949-
Autor kompanije: ebrary, Inc
Format: Elektronički e-knjiga
Jezik:engleski
Izdano: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2007.
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Sadržaj:
  • Frontier roots
  • Heartland boyhood
  • The making of a scientist
  • Physicists to the war effort
  • Enter Abigail Fithian Halsey
  • The dawn of space exploration
  • The mighty little aerobee
  • It's a rocket! It's a balloon! It's a rockoon!
  • Sputnik and the space race
  • Countdown to explorer I
  • Celebrity scientist and the birth of NASA
  • Discovery of the radiation belts
  • Space shield for the Cold War
  • Space as a cottage industry
  • The mariners
  • Pioneers to the outer planets
  • Space politics
  • Journey to the edge of the solar system.