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This is rocket science : the true story of the risk-taking scientists who figured out ways to explore beyond Earth  Cover Image Book Book

This is rocket science : the true story of the risk-taking scientists who figured out ways to explore beyond Earth

Skurzynski, Gloria (Author).

Summary: A history of rockets and rocket science, from the Chinese discovery of gunpowder to the development of nuclear spacecraft and rockets that sail on the solar winds.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1426305982 (library binding : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9781426305986 (library binding : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1426305974 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9781426305979 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: 80 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
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  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Fire arrows -- The fathers of modern rocketry -- Beeps from space -- Saturn wins, Orion loses -- Return and reuse -- Success and failure -- Way to go -- Farther needs faster.
Subject: Rocketry Biography
Aerospace engineers Biography Juvenile literature
Rocketry History Juvenile literature
Rockets (Aeronautics) History Juvenile literature

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Public Library.

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Homer Public Library J 629.4092 SKU (Text) 000088526 Children's Library -- Nonfiction Available -

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