03215nam 2200709 a 450 991045858700332120200520144314.01-60344-360-6(CKB)2560000000051072(OCoLC)680622488(CaPaEBR)ebrary10411771(SSID)ssj0000458222(PQKBManifestationID)11924213(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000458222(PQKBWorkID)10420622(PQKB)10367718(MiAaPQ)EBC3037759(MdBmJHUP)muse1206(Au-PeEL)EBL3037759(CaPaEBR)ebr10411771(CaONFJC)MIL436609(EXLCZ)99256000000005107220081125d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRed cosmos[electronic resource] K.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry /James T. Andrews1st ed.College Station Texas A & M University Pressc20091 online resource (168 p.) Centennial of flight series ;no. 18Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-60344-117-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Prelude before Tsiolkovskii: Russian rocketry from Peter the Great to the nineteenth century -- Introduction envisioning the cosmos: K. E. Tsiolkovskii, Russian public culture, and the mythology of Soviet cosmonautics, 1857-1964 -- Beginnings, teaching science in a provincial context: Tsiolkovskii's years in the Russian locale, 1857-1917 -- Dreaming of the cosmos: early scientific and technical experimentation in pre-1917 Kaluga, Russia -- Getting serious about rocket flight in revolutionary Russia, 1917-1928 -- Cross-fertilizing futuristic literary genres: utopian science fiction or didactic popular technology in revolutionary Russia, 1890-1928 -- Stalin, Khrushchev, and the spaceman: technology, Soviet national identity, and the memorialization of a local hero in the dawn of Sputnik, 1928-1957 -- Epilogue and conclusion: chudo (wonder) or chudak (crank), the legacy of Tsiolkovskii in the Khrushchev era and beyond 1964.Centennial of flight series ;no. 18.K.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketryAerospace engineersSoviet UnionBiographyAuthors, RussianBiographyAuthors, SovietBiographyScience fiction, SovietHistory and criticismAstronauticsRussiaHistoryAstronauticsSocial aspectsSoviet UnionElectronic books.Aerospace engineersAuthors, RussianAuthors, SovietScience fiction, SovietHistory and criticism.AstronauticsHistory.AstronauticsSocial aspects629.4092BAndrews James T.1961-888834MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458587003321Red cosmos2210022UNINA