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Autore: |
Andrews James T. <1961->
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Titolo: |
Red cosmos [[electronic resource] ] : K.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry / / James T. Andrews
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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 ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-60344-360-6 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910458587003321 |
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