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Something New Under the Sun: Satellites and the Beginning of the Space Age Helen Gavaghan 1998 edition
Something New Under the Sun: Satellites and the Beginning of the Space Age
Helen Gavaghan
Offering a history of artificial satellites and their uses, this book shows how the idea of putting an object in orbit around the earth changed from science fiction to indispensable technology in the twinkling of an eye. It describes the birth of the modern scientific era in the twentieth century, with creation of satellite technology.
300 pages, biography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 7, 1997 |
| ISBN13 | 9780387949147 |
| Publishers | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Pages | 300 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 19 mm · 612 g |
| Language | English French |