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Red cosmos [[electronic resource] ] : K.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry / / James T. Andrews



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Autore: Andrews James T. <1961-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Red cosmos [[electronic resource] ] : K.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry / / James T. Andrews Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: College Station, : Texas A & M University Press, c2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 p.)
Disciplina: 629.4092
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Soggetto topico: Aerospace engineers - Soviet Union
Authors, Russian
Authors, Soviet
Science fiction, Soviet - History and criticism
Astronautics - Russia - History
Astronautics - Social aspects - Soviet Union
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Altri titoli varianti: K.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry
Titolo autorizzato: Red cosmos  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-60344-360-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910458587003321
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