Description: The Apollo Chronicles by Brandon R. Brown Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A uniquely earthbound story of space travel, The Apollo Chronicles immerses readers in the obsessive lives and work of NASAs engineers from the starting gun of the space race through the triumphant Moon landings. Filled with new interviews, scrubbed of technical jargon, and infused with the turbulent backdrop of the 1960s, the narrative follows a handful of main characters through their longest days, tightest deadlines, and most confounding challenges. Inthe end, the surviving engineers reflect: How exactly did we do it, and what did we learn? Publisher Description The moon landing of 1969 stands as an iconic moment for both the United States and humankind. The familiar story focuses on the journey of the brave astronauts, who brought home Moon rocks and startling photographs. But Apollos full account includes the earthbound engineers, mounds of their crumpled paper, and smoldering metal shards of exploded engines. How exactly did the nation, step by difficult step, take men to the Moon and back? InThe Apollo Chronicles, fifty years after the moon landing, author Brandon R. Brown, himself the son of an Apollo engineer, revisits the men and women who toiled behind the lights. He relays the definingtwentieth-century project from its roots, bringing the engineers work and personalities to bright life on the page. Set against the backdrop of a turbulent American decade, the narrative whisks audiences through tense deadlines and technical miracles, from President John F. Kennedys 1961 challenge to NASAs 1969 lunar triumph, as engineers confronted wave after wave of previously unthinkable challenges. Brown immerses readers in key physical hurdles--from building theworlds most powerful rockets to keeping humans alive in the hostile void of space--using language free of acronyms and technical jargon. The book also pulls back from the detailed tasks and asks largerquestions. What did we learn about the Moon? And what can this uniquely innovative project teach us today? Author Biography Brandon R. Brown is a Professor of Physics at the University of San Francisco. His research includes work on superconductivity and sensory biophysics. He enjoys writing about science for general audiences, including articles and essays in New Scientist, SEED, and the Huffington Post, as well as a biography, Planck, that won the 2016 Housatonic Award for Nonfiction. Details ISBN 0190681349 ISBN-13 9780190681340 Title The Apollo Chronicles Author Brandon R. Brown Format Hardcover Year 2019 Pages 288 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc GE_Item_ID:124695042; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780190681340
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Book Title: Apollo Chronicles : Engineering America's First Moon Missions
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2019
Topic: General, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Item Height: 1.1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Technology & Engineering, History
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Author: Brandon R. Brown
Item Length: 9.4 in
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover