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UNINA9910451641103321 |
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Christofferson Thomas Rodney <1939-> |
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France during World War II [[electronic resource] ] : from defeat to liberation / / Thomas R. Christofferson with Michael Scott Christofferson |
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New York, : Fordham University Press |
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[London, : Eurospan, distributor], 2006 |
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0-8232-4787-2 |
0-8232-2564-X |
1-4294-7892-6 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 p.) |
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Collana |
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World War II : the global, human and ethical dimensions ; ; no. 10 |
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ChristoffersonMichael Scott |
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World War, 1939-1945 - France |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France |
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France History German occupation, 1940-1945 |
France Social conditions 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Defeat of France -- National revolution -- Collaboration -- Exclusion -- Resistance -- Liberation. |
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UNINA9910148640603321 |
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Autore |
Wohlforth Charles |
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Beyond Earth : Our Path to a New Home in the Planets |
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Westminster : , : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 pages) |
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Space flight |
Titan (Satellite) Colonization |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Introduction: The Way Off the Earth -- Chapter 1: How to Predict the Future -- Chapter 2: The Inner Solar System and the Problem with NASA -- Chapter 3: A Home in the Outer Solar System -- Chapter 4: Building a Rocket Quickly -- Chapter 5: The Health Barrier to Deep Space -- Chapter 6: Robots in Space -- Chapter 7: Solutions for Long Journeys -- Chapter 8: The Psychology of Space Travel -- Chapter 9: Who Gets to Go? -- Chapter 10: Why Move into Space? -- Chapter 11: Settling a Frontier -- Chapter 12: The Step After Next -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Illustrations. |
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From a leading planetary scientist and an award-winning science writer, a propulsive account of the developments and initiatives that have transformed the dream of space colonization into something that may well be achievable. We are at the cusp of a golden age in space science, as increasingly more entrepreneurs--Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos--are seduced by the commercial potential of human access to space. But Beyond Earth does not offer another wide-eyed technology fantasy: instead, it is grounded not only in the human capacity for invention and the appeal of adventure but also in the bureaucratic, political, and scientific realities that present obstacles to space travel--realities that have hampered NASA's efforts ever since the Challenger disaster. In Beyond Earth, Charles Wohlforth and |
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Amanda R.Hendrix offer groundbreaking research and argue persuasively that not Mars, but Titan--a moon of Saturn with a nitrogen atmosphere, a weather cycle, and an inexhaustible supply of cheap energy, where we will even be able to fly like birds in the minimal gravitational field--offers the most realistic and thrilling prospect of life without support from Earth. (With 8 pages of color illustrations) |
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