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ISBN: 9780813054438

Book Title: Willy Ley : from Rocketeer to the Far Side of the Moon

Publisher: University Press of Florida

Item Length: 9.1 in

Publication Year: 2017

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Illustrator: Yes

Item Height: 1 in

Author: Jared S. Buss

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, Science

Topic: General, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Science & Technology

Item Weight: 21.8 Oz

Item Width: 6.2 in

Number of Pages: 336 Pages

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Willy Ley inspired young rocket scientists and would-be astronauts around the world to imagine a future of interplanetary travel long before space shuttles existed. This is the first biography of the science writer and rocketeer who predicted and boosted the rise of the Space Age. Born in Germany, Ley became involved in amateur rocketry until the field was taken over by the Nazis. He fled to America, where he forged a new life as a weapons expert and journalist during World War II and as a rocket researcher after the war. As America's foremost authority on rockets, missiles, and space travel, he authored books and scientific articles, while also regularly writing for science fiction pulp magazines and publishing what he termed romantic zoology--a blend of zoology, cryptozoology, history, and mythology. He even consulted for television's Tom Corbett, Space Cadet and the Disney program Man in Space , thrilling audiences with a romanticized view of what spaceflight would be like. Yet as astronauts took center stage and scientific intellectuals such as Wernher von Braun became influential during the space race, Ley lost his celebrity status. With an old-fashioned style of popular writing and eccentric perspectives influenced by romanticism and science fiction, he was ignored by younger historians. This book returns Willy Ley to his rightful place as the energizer of an era--a time when scientists and science popularizers mixed ranks and shared the spotlight so that our far-fetched, fantastic dreams could turn into the reality of tomorrow.

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Publisher

University Press of Florida

ISBN-10

0813054435

ISBN-13

9780813054438

eBay Product ID (ePID)

25038780940

Product Key Features

Book Title

Willy Ley : from Rocketeer to the Far Side of the Moon

Number of Pages

336 Pages

Language

English

Publication Year

2017

Topic

General, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Science & Technology

Illustrator

Yes

Genre

Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, Science

Author

Jared S. Buss

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height

1 in

Item Weight

21.8 Oz

Item Length

9.1 in

Item Width

6.2 in

Additional Product Features

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Reviews

"A dynamic biography of a remarkable scientific figure. . . . Fans of scientific history and those just looking for a fascinating new read are in for a treat."-- Foreword Reviews

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2017-005527

Target Audience

Trade

Dewey Decimal

629.4092

Lc Classification Number

Tl781.85.L49b87 2017

2017

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