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Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The Fifties and the Sixties - Springer Praxis Books
Ben Evans
To commemorate the momentous 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering journey into space on 12th April 2011, a series of five books – to be published annually – will explore this half century, decade by decade, to discover how humanity’s knowledge of flying, working and living in space has changed.
494 pages, 170 black & white illustrations, biography
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 30, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780387790930 |
| Publishers | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Pages | 494 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 26 mm · 992 g |
| Language | English |
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