Red cosmos

Andrews, James T., 1961-

Red cosmos K.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry / [electronic resource] : K.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry James T. Andrews. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A & M University Press, c2009. - xviii, 147 p. : ill. - Centennial of flight series ; no. 18 . - Centennial of flight series ; no. 18. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prelude before Tsiolkovskii: Russian rocketry from Peter the Great to the nineteenth century -- Introduction envisioning the cosmos: K. E. Tsiolkovskii, Russian public culture, and the mythology of Soviet cosmonautics, 1857-1964 -- Beginnings, teaching science in a provincial context: Tsiolkovskii's years in the Russian locale, 1857-1917 -- Dreaming of the cosmos: early scientific and technical experimentation in pre-1917 Kaluga, Russia -- Getting serious about rocket flight in revolutionary Russia, 1917-1928 -- Cross-fertilizing futuristic literary genres: utopian science fiction or didactic popular technology in revolutionary Russia, 1890-1928 -- Stalin, Khrushchev, and the spaceman: technology, Soviet national identity, and the memorialization of a local hero in the dawn of Sputnik, 1928-1957 -- Epilogue and conclusion: chudo (wonder) or chudak (crank), the legacy of Tsiolkovskii in the Khrushchev era and beyond 1964.


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T͡Siolkovskiĭ, K. 1857-1935.


Aerospace engineers--Soviet Union--Biography.
Authors, Russian--Biography.
Authors, Soviet--Biography.
Science fiction, Soviet--History and criticism.
Astronautics--History.--Russia
Astronautics--Social aspects--Soviet Union.


Electronic books.

TL789.85.T8 / A53 2009eb

629.4092 B