Bibliograph

James Van Allen, the first eight billion miles, Abigail Foerstner

Type

Label

James Van Allen, the first eight billion miles, Abigail Foerstner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-306) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

James Van Allen

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

85783398

Responsibility statement

Abigail Foerstner

Sub title

the first eight billion miles

Table Of Contents

Frontier roots -- Heartland boyhood -- The making of a scientist -- Physicists to the war effort -- Enter Abigail Fithian Halsey -- The dawn of space exploration -- The mighty little aerobee -- It's a rocket! It's a balloon! It's a rockoon! -- Sputnik and the space race -- Countdown to explorer I -- Celebrity scientist and the birth of NASA -- Discovery of the radiation belts -- Space shield for the Cold War -- Space as a cottage industry -- The mariners -- Pioneers to the outer planets -- Space politics -- Journey to the edge of the solar system

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