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Rockets and revolution :

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0803286546

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0803286562

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9780803286542

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9780803286566

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0803255225

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9780803255227

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9780803286542

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9780803286559

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Rockets and revolution :

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[Book]

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a cultural history of early spaceflight /

First Statement of Responsibility

Michael G. Smith.

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University of Nebraska Press,

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[2014]

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©2014

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1 online resource (431 pages) :

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illustrations

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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pt. One The Surveillance of Outer Space and the Russian Empire -- 1. Envisioning the Biological Universe -- 2. Mystical Economies of Earth and Space -- 3. The Mechanics of Interplanetary Travel -- pt. Two The Mastery of Time and the Bolshevik Revolution -- 4. Lyrical Cosmism of the Russian Revolution -- 5. The Pioneers and the Spaceflight Imperative -- 6. Rocket Spaceships as Science Fictions -- 7. The Origins and Ends of Life on Earth -- pt. Three The Rise of Rocket Science and the Soviet Union -- 8. The First Foundations of Astronautics -- 9. A Race into the Stratosphere -- 10. Stalinism and the Genesis of Cosmonautics.

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"Rockets and Revolution offers a multifaceted study of the race toward space in the first half of the twentieth century, examining how the Russian, European, and American pioneers competed against one another in the early years to acquire the fundamentals of rocket science, engineer simple rockets, and ultimately prepare the path for human spaceflight. Between 1903 and 1953, Russia matured in radical and dramatic ways as the tensions and expectations of the Russian revolution drew it both westward and spaceward. European and American industrial capacities became the models to imitate and to surpass. The burden was always on Soviet Russia to catch up--enough to achieve a number of remarkable "firsts" in these years, from the first national rocket society to the first comprehensive surveys of spaceflight. Russia rose to the challenges of its Western rivals time and again, transcending the arenas of science and technology and adapting rocket science to popular culture, science fiction, political ideology, and military programs. While that race seemed well on its way to achieving the goal of space travel and exploring life on other planets, during the second half of the twentieth century these scientific advances turned back on humankind with the development of the intercontinental ballistic missile and the coming of the Cold War"--

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22573/ctt1d9jp2d

Title

Rockets and revolution

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9780803255227

Astronautics and state.

Astronautics-- History.

Astronautics-- Social aspects.

Astronautics and state.

Astronautics-- Social aspects.

Astronautics.

HISTORY-- Europe-- Russia & the Former Soviet Union.

HISTORY-- Modern-- 20th Century.

HISTORY-- Modern-- 20th Century.

HISTORY-- United States-- 20th Century.

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Engineering (General)

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HIS036060

HIS037070

TEC-- 009000

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Smith, Michael G.,1960-

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20200822131403.0

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