Von Braun Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War

Name: Von Braun Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War
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ISBN: 9780307389374

ISBN-10: 0307389375

ISBN-13: 9780307389374

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michael Neufeld

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Michael J. Neufeld, curator and space historian at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, delivers a brilliantly nuanced biography of Wernher von Braun. Chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich and one of the fathers of the U.S. space program, Wernher von Braun is a source of consistent fascination. Glorified as a visionary and vilified as a war criminal, he was a man of profound moral complexities, whose intelligence and charisma were coupled with an enormous and, some would say, blinding ambition. Based on new sources, Neufeld's biography delivers a meticulously researched and authoritative portrait of the creator of the V-2 rocket and his times, detailing how he was a man…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 624
Size: 6.11" wide x 9.13" long x 1.38" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English