Dragons In Amber Further Adventures Of A Romantic Naturalist By Willy Ley
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Dragons In Amber Further Adventures Of A Romantic Naturalist By Willy Ley
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Author : Willy Ley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951
Dragons In Amber Further Adventures Of A Romantic Naturalist By Willy Ley written by Willy Ley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with categories.
Dragons In Amber
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Author : Willy Ley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1949
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Willy Ley
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Author : Jared S. Buss
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2017-08-22
Willy Ley written by Jared S. Buss and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Beautifully written. Reveals the vicissitudes of an extraordinarily interesting life."--Michael J. Neufeld, author of Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War "Willy Ley has been a mystery among spaceflight historians for many years. His role as science writer, advocate, and popularizer is known to many but understood by few. This book unpacks that story."--Roger D. Launius, associate director of collections and curatorial affairs, National Air and Space Museum "Ley lit the fire of interplanetary enthusiasm in the hearts of generations of young space cadets. Long overdue, this biography establishes the details and the ups and downs of his career."--Tom D. Crouch, author of Lighter Than Air: An Illustrated History of Balloons and Airships "Beyond recovering the fascinating and many contradictory aspects of Ley's extraordinary life, Buss has provided a valuable case study of the complex relationship between science popularization, mass media, and scientific advocacy in the twentieth century."--Asif A. Siddiqi, author of The Red Rockets' Glare: Spaceflight and the Soviet Imagination, 1857-1957 Willy Ley inspired young rocket scientists and would-be astronauts around the world to imagine a future of interplanetary travel long before space shuttles existed. This is the first biography of the science writer and rocketeer who predicted and boosted the rise of the Space Age. Born in Germany, Ley became involved in amateur rocketry until the field was taken over by the Nazis. He fled to America, where he forged a new life as a weapons expert and journalist during World War II and as a rocket researcher after the war. As America's foremost authority on rockets, missiles, and space travel, he authored books and scientific articles, while also regularly writing for science fiction pulp magazines and publishing what he termed romantic zoology--a blend of zoology, cryptozoology, history, and mythology. He even consulted for television's Tom Corbett, Space Cadet and the Disney program Man in Space, thrilling audiences with a romanticized view of what spaceflight would be like. Yet as astronauts took center stage and scientific intellectuals such as Wernher von Braun became influential during the space race, Ley lost his celebrity status. With an old-fashioned style of popular writing and eccentric perspectives influenced by romanticism and science fiction, he was ignored by younger historians. This book returns Willy Ley to his rightful place as the energizer of an era--a time when scientists and science popularizers mixed ranks and shared the spotlight so that our far-fetched, fantastic dreams could turn into the reality of tomorrow.
Dragons In Amber
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Author : Willy Ley
language : en
Publisher: Viking Adult
Release Date : 1951
Dragons In Amber written by Willy Ley and has been published by Viking Adult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with Fiction categories.
Realizing The Dream Of Flight
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Author : Virginia Parker Dawson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Realizing The Dream Of Flight written by Virginia Parker Dawson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Aeronautics categories.
Realizing The Dream Of Flight
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Author : National Aeronautics and Space Administration
language : en
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Release Date : 2005-12-31
Realizing The Dream Of Flight written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration and has been published by Government Printing Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-31 with History categories.
These essays in celebration of the Wright brothers' first flight 100 years ago grew out of presentations by a group of prominent scholars in 2003 at a conference sponsored by the NASA History Division and held at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The volume focuses on the careers of some of the many men and women who helped to realize the dream of flight both through the atmosphere and beyond. These accounts are original and compelling because they examine the history of flight through the lens of biography.
The Bit Between My Teeth
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Author : Edmund Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2019-11-12
The Bit Between My Teeth written by Edmund Wilson and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-12 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Bit Between My Teeth: A Literary Chronicle of 1950-1965 collects Edmund Wilson's masterful essays written during a fifteen year span. Originally published in leading periodicals like the New Republic, the New York Review of Books, and the New Yorker, this collection features literary criticism, essays, and reviews by Wilson on F. Scott Fitzgerald, H.L. Mencken, Bernard Shaw, Max Beerbohm, James Branch Cabell, Marquis de Sade, and more.
In Pursuit Of Leviathan
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Author : Lance E. Davis
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2007-12-01
In Pursuit Of Leviathan written by Lance E. Davis and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-01 with History categories.
In Pursuit of Leviathan traces the American whaling industry from its rise in the 1840s to its precipitous fall at the end of the nineteenth century. Using detailed and comprehensive data that describe more than four thousand whaling voyages from New Bedford, Massachusetts, the leading nineteenth-century whaling port, the authors explore the market for whale products, crew quality and labor contracts, and whale biology and distribution, and assess the productivity of the American fleet. They then examine new whaling techniques developed at the end of the nineteenth century, such as modified clippers and harpoons, and the introduction of darting guns. Despite the common belief that the whaling industry declined due to a fall in whale stocks, the authors argue that the industry's collapse was related to changes in technology and market conditions. Providing a wealth of historical information, In Pursuit of Leviathan is a classic industry study that will provide intriguing reading for anyone interested in the history of whaling.
Cryptozoology A To Z
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Author : Loren Coleman
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-05-07
Cryptozoology A To Z written by Loren Coleman and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-07 with Nature categories.
The ultimate quest for the world's most mysterious creatures The Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, the Abominable Snowman -- these are the names of the elusive beasts that have caught the eye and captured the imaginations of people around the world for centuries. Recently, tales of these "monsters" have been corroborated by an increase in sightings, and out of these legends a new science has been born: cryptozoology -- the study of hidden animals. Cryptozoology A to Z, the first encyclopedia of its kind, contains nearly two hundred entries, including cryptids (the name given to these unusual beasts), new animal finds, and the explorers and scientists who search for them. Loren Coleman, one of the world's leading cryptozoologists, teams up with Jerome Clark, editor and author of several encyclopedias, to provide these definitive descriptions and many never-before-published drawings and photographs from eyewitnesses' detailed accounts. Full of insights into the methods of these scientists, exciting tales of discovery, and the history and evolution of this field, Cryptozoology A to Z is the most complete reference ever of the newest zoological science.
International Environmental Policy
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Author : Lynton Keith Caldwell
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 1996
International Environmental Policy written by Lynton Keith Caldwell and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Law categories.
In this newly revised and expanded edition of the award-winning International Environmental Policy, Lynton Keith Caldwell updates his comprehensive survey of the global international movement for protection of the environment. Serving as a history of international cooperation on environmental issues, this book focuses primarily on the development of international agreements and institutional arrangements--both governmental and nongovernmental--along with the impact of science, technology, trade, and communication on environmental policy. With implications for multinational commerce, population policy, agriculture, energy issues, biological and cultural diversity, transnational equity, ideology, and education, this book takes a broad view of the policy outcomes of what may be the most important social movement of the 20th century, and addresses the events and politics that have significantly affected the movement over the last twenty years and will continue to affect it into the next century.