| Rockets and Missiles: The Life Story of a Technology Contributor(s): Van Riper, A. Bowdoin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801887925 ISBN-13: 9780801887925 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $25.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: Beginning with World War II, missiles transformed the art of war. For the first time, cities of warring nations were vulnerable to sudden, unannounced, long-distance attacks. At the same time, rockets made possible one of the great triumphs of the modern age -- the exploration of space. Beginning with the origins of rocketry in medieval and early modern Asia, Rockets and Missiles traces the history of the technology that led to both the great fear of global warfare and the great excitement of the Space Age. This volume focuses on rocketry in late-twentieth-century Western Europe, Russia, and the United States, as well as the spread of rocket technology to East Asia and the Middle East. It covers the full history of rocket technology -- including how rockets improved in performance, reliability, and versatility and how they affected everyday life. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | History - Technology & Engineering | Aeronautics & Astronautics - History | Military - Weapons |
| Dewey: 621.435 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6.12" W x 9.17" (0.71 lbs) 192 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Beginning with World War II, missiles transformed the art of war. For the first time, cities of warring nations were vulnerable to sudden, unannounced, long-distance attacks. At the same time, rockets made possible one of the great triumphs of the modern age--the exploration of space. Beginning with the origins of rocketry in medieval and early modern Asia, Rockets and Missiles traces the history of the technology that led to both the great fear of global warfare and the great excitement of the Space Age. This volume focuses on rocketry in late-twentieth-century Western Europe, Russia, and the United States, as well as the spread of rocket technology to East Asia and the Middle East. It covers the full history of rocket technology--including how rockets improved in performance, reliability, and versatility and how they affected everyday life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Van Riper, A. Bowdoin: - A. Bowdoin Van Riper, an adjunct professor at Southern Polytechnic State University, is the author of Looking Up: Aviation and the Popular Imagination; Science in Popular Culture: A Reference Guide; and Men among the Mammoths: Victorian Science and the Discovery of Human Prehistory. |