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James Van Allen the first eight billion miles / by Foerstner, Abigail, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…-- 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.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

James Van Allen the first eight billion miles / by Foerstner, Abigail, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…-- 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.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view