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The Dream of Spaceflight Essays on the Near Edge of Infinity by Wachhorst, Wyn

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Condition
Very good
A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Binding
Hardcover
Weight
0 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
9780465090570
Book Title
Dream of Space Flight : Essays on the Near Edge of Infinity
Item Length
7.2 in
Publisher
Basic Books
Publication Year
2000
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1 in
Author
Wyn Wachhorst
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science
Topic
Physics / Astrophysics, Astronomy, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Item Width
5 in
Item Weight
11.5 Oz
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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In the tradition of Loren Eiseley, Arthur Koestler, and Lewis Thomas, Wynn Wachhorst is a great rarity: an author of truly lyrical essays on science and technology. In his hands, the drive to explore space is a mirror of humanity's profoundest aspirations and noblest urges.Each of the book's four essays is a montage of images and reflections on the dream of spaceflight and its historical meaning. The opening essay, a survey of major figures from Johannes Kepler to Werner von Braun, sees in the rise of spaceflight a metaphor of modern history as a recurrent story of transformation and rebirth. The second essay recalls the romantic vision of the decades prior to Sputnik, and sets our own nostalgia for those days against that era's nostalgia for the future. The third essay looks at the moon landing as the signature event of our century--the one that our descendants, a thousand years from now, will see as our greatest achievement--and the fourth returns to the themes of transformation and rebirth, offering spaceflight as a cure for the withered capacity for wonder that afflicts the postmodern mind.

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Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
0465090575
ISBN-13
9780465090570
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1642789

Product Key Features

Book Title
Dream of Space Flight : Essays on the Near Edge of Infinity
Author
Wyn Wachhorst
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Physics / Astrophysics, Astronomy, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
7.2 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
5 in
Item Weight
11.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Tl873.W33 2000
Copyright Date
2000
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
99-086067
Dewey Decimal
629.45
Dewey Edition
21

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