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Spaceships : An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined by Ron Miller (2016, Hardcover)
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Did a fiction series in Colliers magazine really inspire us to create real-life space stations like Mir and the ISS?. How have our depictions of space travel developed as the reality of space travel changed?.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSmithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
ISBN-101588345777
ISBN-139781588345776
eBay Product ID (ePID)219618906
Product Key Features
Book TitleSpaceships : an Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSubjects & Themes / Science Fiction & Fantasy, Popular Culture, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Publication Year2016
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, Technology & Engineering, Social Science
AuthorRon Miller
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight58.4 Oz
Item Length11.3 in
Item Width10.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-047148
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsBOOKLIST Space really is our final frontier, and mankind has been figuring out how to get there for a long, long time. With this new book, Smithsonian has published a heavily illustrated (the only pages without illustrations are the index!) compendium of all things related to human space flight. Combining actual history with speculation and viewing it from a very international perspective, Miller's book does an excellent job of presenting the topic from our collective imagination (Star Trek, Star Wars, and Buck Rogers) as well as from reality (Apollo, Mir Space Station, and the space shuttle). It will be enjoyed equally by history buffs, science-fiction fans, and scientists.
Dewey Decimal629.47
SynopsisHow have actual spaceships influenced the design of fictional ones like the Millenium Falcon and the Starship Enterprise ? Did a fiction series in Collier's magazine really inspire us to create real-life space stations like Mir and the ISS? How have our depictions of space travel developed as the reality of space travel changed? In his new book Spaceships: An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined , Ron Miller shows that when it comes to manned spacecraft, art actually does imitate life and, even more bizarrely, life imitates art. In fact, astronautics owes its origins to art. Long before engineers and scientists took the possibility of spaceflight seriously, virtually all of its aspects had been explored in art and literature. Miller takes readers on a visual journey through the history of the spaceship both in our collective imagination and in reality. The vivid illustrations trace the spaceship through its conception, engineering, and building, from the practical origins of spaceflight in the wartime V-2 rocket to future Mars programs. They also chart, in exquisite detail, the ubiquity of spaceships in the golden age of space travel (1950s and '60s) plus their broad influence in popular art, television, film, and literature. Spaceships reminds us of the romance of manned space travel as it has been, as we imagined it could be, and as it may be in the future.
LC Classification NumberTL795.M543 2016
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