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Pages: 324
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-16 - Publisher: Springer
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Language: en
Pages: 355
Pages: 355
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-18 - Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
From the start, the Soviet human space program had an identity crisis. Were cosmonauts heroic pilots steering their craft through the dangers of space, or were
Language: en
Pages: 386
Pages: 386
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-09-17 - Publisher: MIT Press
In this book, Slava Gerovitch argues that Soviet cybernetics was not just an intellectual trend but a social movement for radical reform in science and society
Language: en
Pages: 432
Pages: 432
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-01-01 - Publisher: Military Bookshop
Much has been written in the West on the history of the Soviet space program, but few Westerners have read direct first-hand accounts of the men and women who w
Language: en
Pages: 216
Pages: 216
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-09-04 - Publisher: Macmillan
Laika was the abandoned puppy destined to become Earth's first space traveler. This is her journey. Nick Abadzis masterfully blends fiction and fact in the inte
