LEADER 02683nam 2200529 a 450 001 9910782572603321 005 20230721003756.0 010 $a1-58729-720-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000575945 035 $a(EBL)843137 035 $a(OCoLC)294903795 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000184930 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168052 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000184930 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10206871 035 $a(PQKB)10236057 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843137 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9199 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843137 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354642 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000575945 100 $a20070301d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJames Van Allen$b[electronic resource] $ethe first eight billion miles /$fAbigail Foerstner 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (377 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87745-999-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-306) and index. 327 $aFrontier 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. 330 $aAstrophysicist and space pioneer James Van Allen (1914-2006), for whom the Van Allen radiation belts were named, was among the principal scientific investigators for twenty-four space missions, including Explorer I in 1958, the first successful U.S. satellite; Mariner 2's 1962 flyby of Venus, the first successful mission to another planet; and the 1970's Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11, missions that surveyed Jupiter and Saturn. Abigail Foerstner blends space science, drama, military agenda's, cold war politics, and the events of Van Allen's lengthy career to create the first biography of this highl 606 $aAstrophysicists$zIowa$vBiography 615 0$aAstrophysicists 676 $a523.01092 676 $aB 700 $aFoerstner$b Abigail$f1949-$01508827 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782572603321 996 $aJames Van Allen$93740314 997 $aUNINA