This is rocket science : true stories of the risk-taking scientists who figure out ways to explore beyond Earth / by Gloria Skurzynski.
| Author/creator |
Skurzynski, Gloria |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, ©2010. |
| Description | 80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 78) and index. |
| Interest age level | 009-013. |
| LCCN | 2009020386 |
| ISBN | 9781426305979 |
| ISBN | 1426305974 |
| ISBN | 9781426305986 (library binding : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1426305982 (library binding : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 629.4092 SK76T | ✔ Available | Place Hold | |
| Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 629.4092 SK76T | ✔ Available | Place Hold |