Isbn: 9780690016567 - rocket team (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. xvii, [1], 462 pages. Illustrations. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Ex-library with usual library markings. DJ is, in a plastic sleeve, and is price clipped DJ is taped to boards. Foreword by Wernher von Braun. Frederick Ira Ordway III (April 4, 1927 - July 1, 2014) was an American space scientist and author of visionary books on spaceflight. Ordway was educated at Harvard University and completed several years of graduate study in Europe. He was a member of many leading professional societies and was the author, co-author, or editor of more than thirty books and over three hundred articles. At the time of his death he was the longest-serving member of the American Rocket Society which he joined in 1939. Ordway served as a member of the faculty at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) from 1970 to 1973, and he was awarded an honorary doctorate by UAH in 1992. A complete history of the von Braun team, this biography covers the group of scientists and engineers who led the United States' development of rocket science and technology from the end of World War II to the end of the space race. Responsible for developing and engineering the rockets behind Projects Mercury, Project Gemini, and Project Apollo, this is the only authoritative account of the Rocket Team. From the V-2 to the Saturn moon rocket--the inside story of how a small group of engineers changed world history. First Edition [stated]. First Printing [stated]. Neil Stewart (Jacket Design) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.

Zustand: very good, fair to good. First Edition. First Printing. 462, illus., appendices, bibliography, index, some wear & sm tears to DJ edges, rear DJ sl soiled. Foreword by Wernher von Braun. From the V-2 to the Saturn moon rocket--the inside story of how a small group of engineers changed world history.…