The Race To The Moon Chronicled In Stamps Postcards And Postmarks

Author : Umberto Cavallaro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783319921549
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Race to the Moon Chronicled in Stamps, Postcards, and Postmarks written by Umberto Cavallaro and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the famed race to the Moon between the US and the USSR has been told countless times. The strategies of these two superpowers have often been paralleled in a way that highlights their fight for dominance and efforts to develop needed new technologies. This book will show how beneath these surface similarities, the two competing nations employed very different core tactics. It provides a new perspective of the history of the space race by analyzing that history through philately - that is, from the images on postage stamps, post cards, and letters in circulation at that time. Through this fascinating historical visual record, the author shows how the propaganda-heavy approach of the USSR eventually lost out to the more pragmatic approach of the United States.

Author : Umberto Cavallaro
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319921533
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Race to the Moon Chronicled in Stamps, Postcards, and Postmarks written by Umberto Cavallaro and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-05 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the famed race to the Moon between the US and the USSR has been told countless times. The strategies of these two superpowers have often been paralleled in a way that highlights their fight for dominance and efforts to develop needed new technologies. This book will show how beneath these surface similarities, the two competing nations employed very different core tactics. It provides a new perspective of the history of the space race by analyzing that history through philately - that is, from the images on postage stamps, post cards, and letters in circulation at that time. Through this fascinating historical visual record, the author shows how the propaganda-heavy approach of the USSR eventually lost out to the more pragmatic approach of the United States.

Author : Sven Grampp
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3658439718
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Space Race Television written by Sven Grampp and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Umberto Cavallaro
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031198603
Total Pages : 625 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To The Stars written by Umberto Cavallaro and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the second edition of Women Spacefarers and tells the fascinating stories of the valiant women who broke down barriers to join the space program. Beginning with the orbital flight of USSR cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and continuing to the present day, it covers the many female players who have had a central role in the greatest adventure of our time. The book includes the biographies of, and in some cases interviews with, the brave women who have flown in space. For each entry, the author contextualizes the spacefarer's accomplishments in light of the political and cultural climate of the time. The second edition features fifteen additional profiles on figures such as Jessica Meir and Wally Funk; new interview material; a new thematic structure based on each woman's science specialty and role; an expanded glossary; and more. The result is a gallery of pioneering women who reached for the stars: women who, with exceptional skill, hard work, and dedication, reached impressive careers as accomplished pilots, researchers, engineers and managers, and left a legacy of strength for all aspiring spacefarers.

Author : Colin Burgess
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789146313
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soviets in Space written by Colin Burgess and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2022-08-08 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated history of the Soviet Union’s leading role in the space race. In this deeply researched chronology, Colin Burgess describes the then Soviet Union’s extraordinary success in the pioneering years of space exploration. Within a decade, the Soviets not only launched the world’s first satellite, Sputnik, in 1957, but they also were the first to send an animal and a human being into Earth orbit. In the years that followed, their groundbreaking missions sent a woman into space, launched a three-man spacecraft, and included the first person to walk in space. Six decades on from the historic spaceflight of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Burgess guides us through the amazing achievements of Russia’s spaceflight program through to the present day, introducing the men and women who have flown the missions that drive us to delve ever deeper into the wonders and complexities of the cosmos.

Author : George Richard Pearson
Publisher : BRITISH POSTMARK SOCIETY
ISBN 13 : 0900214023
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SPECIAL EVENT POSTMARKS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM VOLUME 1 written by George Richard Pearson and published by BRITISH POSTMARK SOCIETY. This book was released on 1991 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A catalogue of postmarks used on mail posted at congresses, exhibitions, shows etc, and for anniversaries from 1851-1962.

Author : Renato Dicati
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 8847028299
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stamping Through Astronomy written by Renato Dicati and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stamps and other postal documents are an attractive vehicle for presenting astronomy and its development. Written with expertise and great enthusiasm, this unique book offers a historical and philatelic survey of astronomy and some related topics on space exploration. It contains more than 1300 color reproductions of stamps relating to the history of astronomy, ranging from the earliest observations of the sky to modern research conducted with satellites and space probes. Featured are the astronomers and astrophysicists who contributed to this marvelous story – not only Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, Herschel, and Einstein but also hundreds of other minor protagonists who played an important role in the development of this, the most ancient yet the most modern of all the sciences. The book also examines in depth the diverse areas which have contributed to the history of astronomy, including the instrumentation, the theories, and the observations. Many stamps illustrate the beauty and the mystery of celestial objects: galaxies, nebulae, stars, planets, satellites, comets, and minor celestial bodies.

Author : Umberto Cavallaro
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319340484
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women Spacefarers written by Umberto Cavallaro and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the fascinating stories of the valiant women who broke down barriers to join the space program. Beginning with the orbital flight of USSR cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova in 1963, they became players in the greatest adventure of our time. The author contextualizes their accomplishments in light of the political and cultural climate, from the Cold War in the background to the changing status of women in society at large during the Seventies. The book includes the biographies of, and in some cases interviews with, the sixty women who flew in space in the first half century of space history. It reports their achievements and some little known details. The result is a gallery of pioneering women who reached for the stars: women who, with exceptional skill, hard work, and dedication, reached impressive careers as accomplished pilots, researchers, and engineers; many are now in high level managerial positions both at NASA or in public and private organizations, and all left a legacy of strength.

Author : James Geach
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789140218
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Five Photons written by James Geach and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what is the most distant source of light we can see, or how a star shines? Did you know that black holes can blaze like cosmic beacons across intergalactic space, and that ancient radio waves might herald the ignition of the very first stars? Have you ever thought about what light really is? Five Photons explains what we know about the universe through five different journeys of light across space and time. They are tales of quantum physics and general relativity, stars and black holes, dark matter and dark energy. Let yourself be swept away on a journey of discovery towards a deeper understanding of the cosmos.

Author : Neil deGrasse Tyson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039328543X
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military written by Neil deGrasse Tyson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Extraordinary.… A feast of history, an expert tour through thousands of years of war and conquest.” —Jennifer Carson, New York Times Book Review In this far-reaching foray into the millennia-long relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-author Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. Spanning early celestial navigation to satellite-enabled warfare, Accessory to War is a richly researched and provocative examination of the intersection of science, technology, industry, and power that will introduce Tyson’s millions of fans to yet another dimension of how the universe has shaped our lives and our world.