This is rocket science : true stories of the risk-taking scientists who figure out ways to explore beyond Earth / by Gloria Skurzynski.
A history of rockets and rocket science, from the Chinese discovery of gunpowder to the development of nuclear spacecraft and rockets that sail on the solar winds.
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- ISBN: 9781426305979
- ISBN: 1426305974
- ISBN: 9781426305986 (library binding : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1426305982 (library binding : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: 80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2010]
- Copyright: ©2010
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 78) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Fire arrows -- The fathers of modern rocketry -- Beeps from space -- Saturn wins, Orion loses -- Return and reuse -- Success and failure -- Way to go -- Farther needs faster. |
Target Audience Note: | 009-013. 1210 Lexile. |
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In honor of Kevin Chen, a top reader in the Summer Reading Program, 2010
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