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Von Braun : dreamer of space, engineer of war
Title:
Von Braun : dreamer of space, engineer of war
Author:
Neufeld, Michael J., 1951-
ISBN:
9780307262929
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Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, in association with the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 2007.
Physical Description:
xiii, 587 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Abstract:
Offers a multifaceted portrait of the visionary German scientist who became the chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich, creator of the V-2 rocket, reluctant SS officer, and one of the fathers of the U.S. space program.
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