Neufeld Michael - Von Braun Dreamer Of Space Engineer Of War - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Curator and space historian at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum delivers a brilliantly nuanced biography of controversial space pioneer Wernher von Braun. Chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich and one of the fathers of the U. S. space program Wernher von Braun is a source of consistent fascination. Glorified as a visionary and vilified as a war criminal he was a man of profound moral complexities whose intelligence and charisma were coupled with an enormous and some would say blinding ambition. Based on new sources Neufeld's biography delivers a meticulously researched and authoritative portrait of the creator of the V - 2 rocket and his times detailing how he was a man caught between morality and progress between his dreams of the heavens and the earthbound realities of his life.
Title: Von Braun Dreamer Of Space Engineer Of War
Author(s): Neufeld Michael
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Barcode: 9780307389374
Pages: 624 Pages, 16 Pp. B&W
Publication Date: 11/11/2008
Category: Biography: Science, Technology & Medicine