Download or read book Wernher Von Braun Crusader for Space written by Ernst Stuhlinger and published by Krieger Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wernher Von Braun Crusader for Space written by Ernst Stuhlinger and published by . This book was released on 1995-12-31 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Illustrated Memoir is a unique collection of photographs spanning von Braun's life from his childhood through Peenemunde, White Sands, Redstone & NASA Marshall Space Flight Center to his final years in Washington, D.C. When von Braun left NASA, John Noble Wilford wrote in The New York Times, "Von Braun's Departure Marks the End of an Era? (May 27, 1972). A Biographical Memoir describes the fascinating antecedents to the Apollo drama. It is based on close personal & professional relationships between von Braun & the authors" (34 years for Stuhlinger, 25 years for Ordway). Extracts from interviews, verbal & written comments, & recollections throughout the volume give dimension & stature to this man who, more than any other, symbolizes the Space Age.
Download or read book The Voice of Dr Wernher Von Braun written by Wernher Von Braun and published by Apogee Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of speeches by Dr. Wernher von Braun -- a passionate crusader for worthy causes -- touches on a variety of topics, including education, the cold war, religion, and the space program. Mining through more than 500 of von Braun's speeches, given from 1947 to 1976, this important historical document presents an intimate look into the life of one of the most vital contributors to the development of NASA and the American space race.
Download or read book Dr Space written by Robinson J Ward and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by veteran aerospace journalist Bob Ward, who spent years investigating his subject, this biography presents a revealing but even-handed portrait of the father of modern rocketry. As he chronicles Werner von Braun's life, Ward explodes many myths and misconceptions about the controversial genius who was a hero to some, a villain to others. The picture of von Braun that emerges is of a brilliant scientist with limitless curiosity and a drive to achieve his goals at almost any price—from developing the world’s first ballistic missile used against the Allies in World War II to helping launch the first U.S. satellite that hurled Americans into space and the Saturn V super-booster that powered them to the moon. Along the way readers are introduced to the human side of this charismatic visionary who brought the United States into the Space Age.
Download or read book Wernher Von Braun Crusader for Space written by Ernst Stuhlinger and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, a companion volume to the biographical memoir, is a unique collection of photographs compiled from von Braun's life, spanning his childhood through Peenemunde, White Sands, Redstone and NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center to his final years in Washington, D.C.
Download or read book Wernher von Braun written by Erik Bergaust and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is Dr. Wernher von Braun’s incredible story – from his early years in Germany, where he gave birth to modern rocketry, to his arrival in the United States and his launching of the first American satellite, the first man on the moon and other stunning space exploration feats. “Every page of Wernher von Braun’s life is a monument to the drama of adventure. Few people have been fighting so hard and, indeed, very few have been subject to so much criticism, so much jealousy, so much defeat—yet, very few have lived to be honored and to harvest the fruits of so many wonderful victories as has this man.” Author Erik Bergaust has had the advantage of knowing von Braun as a friend, hunting and fishing companion, space business associate—and biographer—for more than twenty-five years. Thus, he has been able to present a dramatic portrait of an important personality and a 20th century hero.
Download or read book Dr Wernher Von Braun written by Doug West and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us, young or old, have dreams of grand things, but it is the rare souls that sees their dreams standing before them, taller than the Statue of Liberty, with enough raw power to launch men to the moon. Wernher von Braun was such a dreamer. From a young age, he knew that rockets and space travel would be the driving force in his life; however, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime had different plans for this young man, as he would lead Germany's development of the V-2 rocket, which at that time was one of the most advanced weapons known to man. After World War II had ravaged most of Europe, von Braun and a team of over one hundred of the best technical minds Germany had would be allowed to move to America to advance the science and technology of rocketry. Von Braun led teams for the military and NASA which launched America's first space probe, put the first American in space, and ultimately put a man on the moon. His checkered past with the Third Reich would make him a villain in the eyes of some, while his outstanding scientific and the engineering talent would make him a genius of world renown in the eyes of others. Venture into the life of times of the remarkable man and see his perilous journey to become a legend in the field of rocketry and space travel.
Download or read book Wernher Von Braun written by Ray Spangenburg and published by . This book was released on 1995-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the life and achievements of the rocketry pioneer who designed rockets for the Nazi war effort early in his career and later became a leading figure in the American space program
Download or read book Wernher Von Braun Revised Edition written by Ray Spangenburg and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wernher von Braun, Revised Edition examines the life and career of the famed rocket scientist who supervised the development of the powerful rockets used by Apollo astronauts to reach the moon. Controversy surrounds von Braun's work in Germany duri
Download or read book Dark Side of the Moon Wernher von Braun the Third Reich and the Space Race written by Wayne Biddle and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-01-23 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning investigation of the roots of the first moon landing forty years ago. This illuminating story of the dawn of the space age reaches back to the reactionary modernism of the Third Reich, using the life of “rocket scientist” Wernher von Braun as its narrative path through the crumbling of Weimar Germany and the rise of the Nazi regime. Von Braun, a blinkered opportunist who could apply only tunnel vision to his meteoric career, stands as an archetype of myriad twentieth century technologists who thrived under regimes of military secrecy and unlimited money. His seamless transformation from developer of the deadly V-2 ballistic missile for Hitler to an American celebrity as the supposed genius behind the golden years of the U.S. space program in the 1950s and 1960s raises haunting questions about the culture of the Cold War, the shared values of technology in totalitarian and democratic societies, and the imperatives of material progress.
Download or read book Wernher Von Braun written by Ray Spangenburg and published by Chelsea House Pub. This book was released on 2008 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the life and achievements of the rocketry pioneer who designed rockets for the Nazi war effort early in his career and later became a leading figure in the American space program.
Download or read book Wernher Von Braun Space Pioneer written by John C.. Goodrum and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the German rocket engineer responsible for the planning and execution of the Apollo program that put man on the moon.
Download or read book Wernher Von Braun written by Dennis Piszkiewicz and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1998-11-30 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the biography of the German man who created the V-2 rocket and came to the United States to develop missiles.
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Download or read book Von Braun written by Michael Neufeld and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curator and space historian at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum delivers a brilliantly nuanced biography of controversial space pioneer 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 caught between morality and progress, between his dreams of the heavens and the earthbound realities of his life.
Download or read book Political Science Reflecting on Concepts Demystifying Legends written by Rainer Eisfeld and published by Verlag Barbara Budrich. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rainer Eisfeld’s book highlights the merits of socio-historical research into topics infrequently covered by mainstream political science. Directing attention to the need for carefully scrutinizing the convenient “truths” of established - post-Nazi, post-Communist - political narratives, its chapters encourage reflection of the discipline’s history and state of the art. A companion volume to the 2012 book entitled Radical Approaches to Political Science: Roads Less Traveled (also published by Barbara Budrich), this collection is likewise based on an approach to political science informed by a theory of participatory pluralism and grounded in history. The chapters focus on the discipline’s fragmentation and its retreat from public debate; on the varying roles of political science and international relations as champions of more or less democracy; on normative and analytical concepts developed by Hannah Arendt, Klaus von Beyme, and Robert A. Dahl; on the deconstruction of the “Peenemünde Legend” about the unspoiled rule of science at the Third Reich’s missile development center; on reasons for the Peenemünde engineers’ actual complicity in the exploitation of concentration camp labor to mass-produce their V-2 missile. “Rainer Eisfeld’s leadership in the fields of pluralism and analysis of the discipline in the International Political Science Association means that he has quite a background to share with us in this, his most recent, collection of essays.” John Trent
Download or read book A Fiery Peace in a Cold War written by Neil Sheehan and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US-Soviet arms race, told through the story of a colorful and visionary American Air Force officer—melding biography, history, world affairs, and science to transport the reader back and forth from individual drama to world stage. "Compulsively readable and important.” —The New York Times Book Review In this never-before-told story, Neil Sheehan—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award -- details American Air Force officer Bernard Schriever’s quest to prevent the Soviet Union from acquiring nuclear superiority, and describes American efforts to develop the unstoppable nuclear-weapon delivery system, the intercontinental ballistic missile, the first weapons meant to deter an atomic holocaust rather than to be fired in anger. In a sweeping narrative, Sheehan brings to life a huge cast of some of the most intriguing characters of the cold war, including the brilliant physicist John Von Neumann, and the hawkish Air Force general, Curtis LeMay.
