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Von Braun dreamer of space, engineer of war

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Main Author: Neufeld, Michael J., 1951-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf in association with the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Von Braun, Wernher, > 1912-1977.
Rocketry > United States > Biography.
Rocketry > Germany > Biography.
Astronautics > United States > Biography.
Rockets (Ordnance) > Research > Germany > History > 20th century.
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Physical Description:xiii, 587 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [549]-562) and index.
ISBN:9780307262929
0307262928
9780307389374 (pbk.)
Author Notes:Michael J. Neufeld is chair of the Space History Division of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Born and raised in Canada, he received his doctorate in history from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. His second book, The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemünde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era , won the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics History Manuscript Award and the Society for the History of Technology Dexter Prize. He lives in Takoma Park, Maryland.

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