Countdown: A History of Space Flight

图书标准信息

• 作者 T. A. Heppenheimer 著
• 出版社 Wiley
• 出版时间 1999-03
• ISBN 9780471291053
• 定价 188.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 420页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

T.A.Heppenheimer'sacclaimedchronicleofrockets,politics,andthepioneerswhodaredtoreachbeyondhumanity'slimits.

"Themostcomprehensive,up-to-date,andbestwrittenhistoryofspaceflightthereis."-TheTimes(London)

"AlivelyaccountofthedevelopmentofspaceactivitiesintheU.S.andtheSovietUnion...asgoodaone-volumeoverviewofspaceasexists."-ScientificAmerican.

"CountdownisbyfarthebesthistoryofspaceflightIhaveeverread.Itisdetailed,lucidlywrittenforthelayman,andfulloffascinatingstories.-AdrianBerry,DailyTelegraph.

"SciencewriterHeppenheimer'sreadableaccountprovidesatimelyhistoricaloverviewoftheearlyvisionaries,theengineers,andthegeopoliticalforcesthatplacedmenonthemoonandcreatedtoday'saerospaceindustry....Athoughtfulanalysisthatishighlyrecommended.-LibraryJournal.

"ByfarthemostsignificantandtechnicallyinsightfulaccountoftheventuresintothespaceenvironmentIhaveseen....[Heppenheimer]concentratesunerringlyonkeyelements,bothtechnicalandmanagerial,inthisaccountofman'sinitialspaceventures."-LeeAtwood,Formerpresidentandchairman,NorthAmericanAviationCorporation.

"Likeaskilledartisan,Heppenheimerweavessocial,political,scientific,technological,military,andeconomicthreadsofthehistoryofspaceflightintoatapestrythatrevealsfascinatingpatternsandthemes."-PublishersWeekly

【作者简介】

T.A.HEPPENHEIMER,Ph.D.,haswrittenextensivelyonaerospace,business,andthehistoryoftechnology.AfrequentcontributortoDiscover,Forbes,Nature,Omni,andAmericanHeritagemagazines,heistheauthorofsixpreviousbooks,includingTurbulentSkies:TheHistoryofCommercialAviation(Wiley).Dr.HeppenheimerdivideshistimebetweenFountainValley,California,andWestPalmBeach,Florida.