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Von Braun, Wernher - vôn broun, 1912–77, German-American rocket expert, b. Germany, grad. Berlin Technological Institute (B.S., 1932), Ph.D. Univ. of Berlin, 1934. After 1930, von Braun assisted Hermann Oberth in early experiments in building and firing small liquid fuel rockets. From 1937 to 1945, von Braun was technical director of the German rocket research center at

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Wernher Von Braun: The Man Who Sold the Moon » Read Now
by Dennis Piszkiewicz. 248 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Perhaps no one in history has played the role of scientist as celebrity with as much skill--and as much deception--as Wernher von Braun. America's leading rocket expert and most enthusiastic advocate of space travel, he had a closet full of secrets that would have shocked his colleagues and millions...
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Perhaps no one in history has played the role of scientist as celebrity with as much skill--and as much deception--as Wernher von Braun. America's leading rocket expert and most enthusiastic advocate of space travel, he had a closet full of secrets that would have shocked his colleagues and millions of admirers if they had been told during his lifetime. Wernher von Braun: The Man Who Sold the Moon is the first critical biography of the young German aristocrat who created Hitler's most advanced terror weapon, the V-2 rocket, and who came to the U.S. under the Army's Project Paperclip to develop missiles as a central weapon of the Cold War. The book reveals that factions of the U.S. Army, in their zeal to have von Braun's team of scientists working for American interests, covered up what they knew about his complicity in Nazi causes and abetted him in the perpetuation of the myth he carefully created about his past.
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The Nazi Rocketeers: Dreams of Space and Crimes of War (includes "Final Flights from Peenemunde: Von Braun Plans for the Future") » Read Now
by Dennis Piszkiewicz. 268 pgs.

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After half a century, the true story of Wernher von Braun and the scientists who helped propel the Nazi war machine is revealed.
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The Missile and Space Race » Read Now
by Alan J. Levine. 248 pgs.

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Here is a history of the development of military missiles and space travel from World War II to the American visits to the Moon in 1969-1972. It stresses the relationship between the early stages of space exploration and the arms race, and that a dual path led to space flight. One was the...
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Here is a history of the development of military missiles and space travel from World War II to the American visits to the Moon in 1969-1972. It stresses the relationship between the early stages of space exploration and the arms race, and that a dual path led to space flight. One was the development of unmanned long-range war rockets, the other, less often noted, was the rocket-powered research plane. The first path led through the intercontinental ballistic missile to the first artificial satellites and space capsule; the latter, more uniquely American, through the X-series and Skyrocket rocket planes to the X-15, and ultimately to the Space Shuttle. The early part of the book focuses on the Soviet-American race to develop the ICBM in the 1950s, and the first satellites, with particular attention paid to the events and reactions that followed the flight of Sputnik I in 1957 and the subsequent missile gap era.
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Redeeming Culture: American Religion in an Age of Science (includes information on Wernher Von Braun in "Transgressing the Heavens") » Read Now
by James Gilbert. 407 pgs.

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In this intriguing history, James Gilbert examines the confrontation between modern science and religion as these disparate, sometimes hostile modes of thought clashed in the arena of American culture. Beginning in 1925 with the infamous Scopes trial, Gilbert traces nearly forty years of competing...
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In this intriguing history, James Gilbert examines the confrontation between modern science and religion as these disparate, sometimes hostile modes of thought clashed in the arena of American culture. Beginning in 1925 with the infamous Scopes trial, Gilbert traces nearly forty years of competing attitudes toward science and religion. "Anyone seriously interested in the history of current controversies involving religion and science will find Gilbert's book invaluable."--Peter J. Causton, Boston Book Review "Redeeming Culture provides some fascinating background for understanding the interactions of science and religion in the United States. . . . Intriguing pictures of some of the highlights in this cultural exchange."--George Marsden, Nature "A solid and entertaining account of the obstacles to mutual understanding that science and religion are now warily overcoming."--Catholic News Service "[An] always fascinating look at the conversation between religion and science in America."--Publishers Weekly
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Power to Explore: A History of Marshall Space Flight Center 1960-1990, in The Oral History Review » Read Now
by Rick W. Sturdevant. 4 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...20546-0001 referencing NASA SP-4313. The U.S. Army brought Wernher von Braun and his team of rocket engineers to America immediately...historian Rip Bulkeley, these writers...
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The Wrong Stuff, in The Progressive » Read Now
by William Hines. 3 pgs.

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...1952. One of the authors was Wernher von Braun, the ex-Nazi V-2 engineer whom...heavily accented jubilation of Wernher von Braun: "A great day for American...
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Historical Dictionary of the 1950s » Read Now
by James S. Olson. 362 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Today, Americans look back nostalgically at the 1950s, an era when television and rock and roll revolutionized popular culture, and Vietnam, race riots, drug abuse, and protest movements were still in the future. With homes in the suburbs, new automobiles, and the latest electrical gadgets, many...
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Today, Americans look back nostalgically at the 1950s, an era when television and rock and roll revolutionized popular culture, and Vietnam, race riots, drug abuse, and protest movements were still in the future. With homes in the suburbs, new automobiles, and the latest electrical gadgets, many Americans believed they were the most prosperous people on earth. Yet the era was tainted by the fear of thermonuclear war, deepening racial tensions, and discontent with rigid roles for women and the demands of corporate conformity. A sense of rebellion had begun to brew behind the facade. This book provides entries on the prominent people, issues, scandals, ideas, popular culture, and events of the decade.
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