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Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals July - December)
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Genre |
: Copyright |
Author |
: Library of Congress. Copyright Office |
Publisher |
: Copyright Office, Library of Congress |
Release |
: 1965 |
File |
: 1260 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105006357581 |
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2009 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice The launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957 ushered in an exciting era of scientific and technological advancement. As television news anchors, radio hosts, and journalists reported the happenings of the American and the Soviet space programs to millions of captivated citizens, words that belonged to the worlds of science, aviation, and science fiction suddenly became part of the colloquial language. What’s more, NASA used a litany of acronyms in much of its official correspondence in an effort to transmit as much information in as little time as possible. To translate this peculiar vocabulary, Paul Dickson has compiled the curious lingo and mystifying acronyms of NASA in an accessible dictionary of the names, words, and phrases of the Space Age. Aviators, fighter pilots, and test pilots coined the phrases “spam in a can” (how astronauts felt prelaunch as they sat in a tiny capsule atop a rocket booster); “tickety-boo” (things are fine), and “the Eagle has landed” (Neil Armstrong’s famous quote when Apollo 11 landed on the Moon). This dictionary captures a broader foundation for language of the Space Age based on the historic principles employed by the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster’s New Third International Dictionary. Word histories for major terms are detailed in a conversational tone, and technical terms are deciphered for the interested student and lay reader. This is a must-own reference for space history buffs.
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Genre |
: Science |
Author |
: Paul Dickson |
Publisher |
: JHU Press |
Release |
: 2009-05-18 |
File |
: 286 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780801895043 |
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From the Publisher: Proceedings of October 2007 conference, sponsored by the NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch in October 1957 and the dawn of the space age.
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Genre |
: Astronautics |
Author |
: Steven J. Dick |
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: |
Release |
: 2008 |
File |
: 486 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: MINN:30000008971339 |
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Some issues are accompanied by a CD-ROM on a selected topic.
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Genre |
: Electronic journals |
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: |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1967 |
File |
: 884 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015024356050 |
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: |
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: |
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: |
Release |
: 1959 |
File |
: 598 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105131041951 |
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Genre |
: Space flight |
Author |
: National Aviation Education Council (U.S.) |
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: |
Release |
: 1961 |
File |
: 44 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: SRLF:D0000745042 |
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Contents: The challenge of space exploration Space and its impact on the United States The United States space effort: The cost and wisdom of the space race The space effort of the U.S.S.R. The military application of space International law and cooperation in outer space (Author).
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Genre |
: Astronautics |
Author |
: United States Air Force Academy |
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: |
Release |
: 1964 |
File |
: 374 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105038430422 |
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Genre |
: Astronautics |
Author |
: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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: |
Release |
: 1961 |
File |
: 528 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105113793025 |
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Genre |
: Law |
Author |
: United States. Congress |
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: |
Release |
: 1962 |
File |
: 832 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UCR:31210026418457 |
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Genre |
: Political Science |
Author |
: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science |
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: |
Release |
: 2006 |
File |
: 108 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015090407027 |