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Title Space science comes of age : perspectives in the history of the space sciences / edited by Paul A. Hanle and Von Del Chamberlain ; with contributions by Stephen G. Brush ... [and others].

Publication Info. Washington : National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution : Distributed by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981.

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Description xiii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Note Papers presented at a symposium held at and sponsored by the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., Mar. 23-24, 1981.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents [1.] Astronomy and geophysics in space: Ultraviolet spectra of the stars / Lyman Spitzer, Jr. -- Solar physics / Leo Goldberg -- Rocket astronomy -an overview / Herbert Friedman -- Exploring the moon / Robert Jastrow -- Lunar geology / Eugene Shoemaker -- Observations of high intensity radiation by satellites 1958 Alpha and 1958 Gamma / James A. Van Allen -- [2.] Toward a history: From bump to clump: theories of the origin of the solar system 1900-1960 / Stephen G. Brush -- Threshold to space: early studies of the ionosphere / C. Stewart Gillmor -- Development of American launch vehicles since 1945 / Richard P. Hallion -- Space science for applications: the history of Landsat / Pamela E. Mack -- Continuing harvest: the broadening field of space science / Homer E. Newell.
Local Note Gift of Paul and Mary Haas.
Subject Space sciences -- History -- Congresses.
Space sciences.
History.
Sciences spatiales -- Histoire -- Congrès.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Hanle, Paul A.
Chamberlain, Von Del.
Brush, Stephen G.
National Air and Space Museum.
ISBN 087474508X : $20.00 (est.)
9780874745085
0874745071 (paperback) $10.00 (est.)
9780874745078 (paperback)