Selected Works of Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky

Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin E

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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky is recognized throughout the world as the father of astronautics. He was largely self-educated and in later life worked under extremely difficult conditions in an atmosphere that combined indifference with hostility and ridicule. But his extreme dedication to the idea of space flight never left him. Tsiolkovsky was 60 years old when the October Revolution of 1917 took place, yet most of his scientific papers were written after the revolution. At the time of his death in 1935 they exceeded 500. The tremendous advances of soviet science and technology culminated, in 1957, in the world's first spacecraft - Sputnik I, thus bringing to fruition the prophetic ideas of the great Russian pioneer of astronautics. This volume contains a selection of some of Tsiolkovsky's more important scientific works.
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Writer
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin E
Title
Selected Works of Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky
Publisher
University Press of the Pacific
Year
2004
Language
English
Pages
344
Weight
454 gr
EAN
9781410218254
Dimensions
222 x 140 x 25 mm
Binding format
Paperback

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