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James Van Allen : the first eight billion miles
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Chronicles the life of influential physicist James Van Allen, focusing on his lengthy career, contributions to the study of astronomy, research with the "Pioneer" missions, correspondence and publi...
Chronicles the life of influential physicist James Van Allen, focusing on his lengthy career, contributions to the study of astronomy, research with the "Pioneer" missions, correspondence and publications, and other related topics.
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- Creator
- Abigail Foerstner
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- xx, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781587297953, 1587297957, 9780877459996, 0877459991, 9781587297205, 1587297205
- OCLC
- ocn294903795, ocm85783398
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-306) and index.
- 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