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010 _z 2007008870
020 _z9780877459996 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _z0877459991 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 _a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354642
035 _a(OCoLC)294903795
040 _aCaPaEBR
_cCaPaEBR
043 _an-us-ia
050 1 4 _aQB36.V357
_bF64 2007eb
082 0 4 _a523.01092
_aB
_222
100 1 _aFoerstner, Abigail,
_d1949-
245 1 0 _aJames Van Allen
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe first eight billion miles /
_cAbigail Foerstner.
260 _aIowa City :
_bUniversity of Iowa Press,
_cc2007.
300 _axx, 322 p. :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-306) and index.
505 0 _aFrontier 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
600 1 0 _aVan Allen, James A.
_q(James Alfred),
_d1914-2006.
650 0 _aAstrophysicists
_zIowa
_vBiography.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10354642
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
908 _a170314
942 0 0 _cEB
999 _c104382
_d104382