Science with a Vengeance: How the Military Created the Us Space Sciences After World War II

by David H. DeVorkin

Book Overview

The exploration of the upper atmosphere was given a jump start in the United States by German V-2 rockets - Hitler's "vengeance weapon" - captured at the end of World War II. The science performed with these missiles was largely determined by the missile itself, such as learning more about the medium through which a ballistic missile travels. Groups rapidly formed within the military and military-funded university laboratories to build instruments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387941371
• ISBN13: 9780387941370
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"