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1 online resource (xviii, 147 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Centennial of flight series ; no. 18
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Centennial of flight series ; no. 18.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Prelude before Tsiolkovskii: Russian rocketry from Peter the Great to the nineteenth century -- Introduction envisioning the cosmos: K.E. Tsiolkovskii, Russian public culture, and the mythology of Soviet cosmonautics, 1857-1964 -- Beginnings, teaching science in a provincial context: Tsiolkovskii's years in the Russian locale, 1857-1917 -- Dreaming of the cosmos: early scientific and technical experimentation in pre-1917 Kaluga, Russia -- Getting serious about rocket flight in revolutionary Russia, 1917-1928 -- Cross-fertilizing futuristic literary genres: utopian science fiction or didactic popular technology in revolutionary Russia, 1890-1928 -- Stalin, Khrushchev, and the spaceman: technology, Soviet national identity, and the memorialization of a local hero in the dawn of Sputnik, 1928-1957 -- Epilogue and conclusion: chudo (wonder) or chudak (crank), the legacy of Tsiolkovskii in the Khrushchev era and beyond 1964. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
T͡Siolkovskiĭ, K. (Konstantin), 1857-1935.
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T͡Siolkovskiĭ, K. (Konstantin), 1857-1935. |
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TSiolkovskii, K., 1857-1935 (TSiolkovskii, Konstantin) |
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Aerospace engineers -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Aerospace engineers. |
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Soviet Union. |
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Biographies.
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Subject |
Authors, Russian -- Biography.
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Authors, Russian -- Biography. |
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Authors, Soviet -- Biography.
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Authors, Soviet. |
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Science fiction, Soviet -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction, Soviet. |
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Astronautics -- Russia -- History.
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Astronautics. |
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Russia. |
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History. |
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Astronautics -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union.
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Astronautics -- Social aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Added Title |
K.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry |
ISBN |
9781603443609 (electronic book) |
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1603443606 (electronic book) |
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9781603441179 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1603441174 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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