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BL
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646169
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Andrews, James T.,1961-
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| Title & Author
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Red cosmos : : K.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry /\ James T. Andrews
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| Edition Statement
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First edition
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| Series Statement
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Centennial of flight series ;; no. 18
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xviii, 147 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9781603441179 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 1603441174 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9781603441681 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 1603441689 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Prelude before Tsiolkovskii: Russian rocketry from Peter the Great to the nineteenth century -- Introduction envisioning the cosmos: K. E. Tsiolkovskii, Russian public culture, and the mythology of Soviet cosmonautics, 1857-1964 -- Beginnings, teaching science in a provincial context: Tsiolkovskii's years in the Russian locale, 1857-1917 -- Dreaming of the cosmos: early scientific and technical experimentation in pre-1917 Kaluga, Russia -- Getting serious about rocket flight in revolutionary Russia, 1917-1928 -- Cross-fertilizing futuristic literary genres: utopian science fiction or didactic popular technology in revolutionary Russia, 1890-1928 -- Stalin, Khrushchev, and the spaceman: technology, Soviet national identity, and the memorialization of a local hero in the dawn of Sputnik, 1928-1957 -- Epilogue and conclusion: chudo (wonder) or chudak (crank), the legacy of Tsiolkovskii in the Khrushchev era and beyond 1964
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T︠S︡iolkovskiĭ, K., (Konstantin),1857-1935
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Aerospace engineers-- Soviet Union, Biography
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Authors, Russian, Biography
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Authors, Soviet, Biography
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Science fiction, Soviet-- History and criticism
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Astronautics-- Russia-- History
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Astronautics-- Social aspects-- Soviet Union
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| Dewey Classification
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629.4092B
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| LC Classification
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TL789.85.T8A53 2009
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| Parallel Title
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K.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry
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