Brandon R. Brown (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, Unive

Gebundenes Buch

The Apollo Chronicles

Engineering America's First Moon Missions

Beschreibung

A uniquely earthbound story of space travel, The Apollo Chronicles immerses readers in the obsessive lives and work of NASA's engineers from the starting gun of the space race through the triumphant Moon landings. Filled with new interviews, scrubbed of technical jargon, and infused with the turbulent backdrop of the 1960's, the narrative follows a handful of main characters through their longest days, tightest deadlines, and most confounding challenges. Inthe end, the surviving engineers reflect: How exactly did we do it, and what did we learn?

Autor

Brandon R. Brown is a Professor of Physics at the University of San Francisco. His research includes work on superconductivity and sensory biophysics. He enjoys writing about science for general audiences, including articles and essays in New Scientist, SEED, and the Huffington Post, as well as a biography, Planck, that won the 2016 Housatonic Award for Nonfiction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780190681340
• ISBN-10: 0190681349
• Artikelnr.: 54429751