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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David Lasser , Arthur C. ClarkePublisher: Collector's Guide Publishing Imprint: Apogee Books Dimensions: Width: 25.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 18.00cm Weight: 0.490kg ISBN: 9781896522920ISBN 10: 1896522920 Pages: 191 Publication Date: 01 September 2002 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsForeword; Preface; Introduction; The Coming of the Fleet; The Day the Earth Stood Still; Twin Earths; War of the Worlds; This Island Earth; Forbidden Planet; Earth vs. the Flying Saucers; Disneyland Flying Saucers; Lost in Space; The Invaders; Index.ReviewsThis book is riveting. Once I began reading it I could not put it down... -- Patrick Moore, The Observatory, June 2003. A fascinating piece of space history. I recommend this book as a valuable addition to anyone's space library... -- Spaceflight, April 2003. David Lasser stands as one of the least-known but extraordinary pioneers of spaceflight. In 1930 he founded the American Interplanetary Society (today's AIAA) -- the same year he wrote this book -- the first book ever written in the English language to address the notion of spaceflight as a serious possibility. This book has not been in print since 1931 and yet it still stands up to scrutiny. The lucid style with which Lasser explains the basic concepts of rocketry make it a delight for anyone to read. Only a handful of errors creep into the text and all of those were based on the bet information available at the time. The 'Conquest of Space' is a milestone work of spaceflight literature and was state of the art in 1931. No space enthusiast's library is complete without it. -- Robert Godwin, Editor of 'The NASA Mission Reports'. Swedish language review in their astronomy journal 'Astro', Autumn 2003. Author InformationDavid Lasser, Introduction by Arthur C Clarke Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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