Rocket Man: Robert H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Hachette BooksISBN-13:9780786887057ISBN-10:786887052UPC:9780786887057Book Category:Technology & Engineering, History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Aeronautics & Astronautics, Modern, HistoryBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.92 x 5.78 x 0.85 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCQGVP5JSZ
Rocket Man: Robert H. Goddard and the Birth of the Space Age
More famous in his day than Einstein or Edison, the troubled, solitary genius Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) was the American father of rocketry and space flight, launching the world's first liquid-fuel rockets and the first powered vehicles to break the sound barrier. Supported by Charles Lindbergh and Harry Guggenheim, through fiery, often explosive, experiments at Roswell, New Mexico, he...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Hachette BooksISBN-13:9780786887057ISBN-10:786887052UPC:9780786887057Book Category:Technology & Engineering, History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Aeronautics & Astronautics, Modern, HistoryBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.92 x 5.78 x 0.85 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCQGVP5JSZ
David A. Clary, former chief historian of the U.S. Forest Service, is the author of numerous books and other publications on military and scientific history. He has served as consultant to several government agencies and teaches history at Eastern New Mexico University at Roswell, where he resides.
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