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James Van Allen

by Foerstner, Abigail,

Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.

Published by : University of Iowa Press, (Iowa City :) Physical details: xx, 322 p. : ill.

Subject(s): Van Allen, James A. -- (James Alfred), -- 1914-2006. | Astrophysicists -- Iowa -- Biography. | Electronic books.

Year: 2007

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http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10354642
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-306) and index.

Frontier roots -- Heartland boyhood -- The making of a scientist -- Physicists to the war effort -- Enter Abigail Fithian Halsey -- The dawn of space exploration -- The mighty little aerobee -- It's a rocket! It's a balloon! It's a rockoon! -- Sputnik and the space race -- Countdown to explorer I -- Celebrity scientist and the birth of NASA -- Discovery of the radiation belts -- Space shield for the Cold War -- Space as a cottage industry -- The mariners -- Pioneers to the outer planets -- Space politics -- Journey to the edge of the solar system.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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