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100 1 $aDyson, Marianne J.
245 10 $aSpace and astronomy :$bdecade by decade /$cMarianne J. Dyson.
260 $aNew York :$bFacts on File,$c℗♭2007.
300 $axix, 284 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
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490 1 $aTwentieth-century science
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aAn account of astronomers' unraveling of the mysteries surrounding the impact and power of the Sun, how stars "collapse" into black holes, and the surprising scope of the universe.
505 00 $g1.$t1901-1910: Development of a New Astronomy --$tMilestones --$tCanals of Mars --$tEquation for Space --$tRocket Equation --$tNew Astronomy --$tImpacts and Omens --$tScientist of the Decade: Percival Lowell (1855-1916) --$g2.$t1911-1920: Giant Stars and General Relativity --$tMilestones --$tSize of Stars --$tStructure of Stars --$tChanging View of the Universe --$tCosmology --$tScientist of the Decade: Henry Norris Russell (1877-1957) --$g3.$t1921-1930: The Expanding Universe --$tMilestones --$tNebulae Become Galaxies --$tHydrogen Question --$tMatter of Stars --$tPlanet X --$tRockets around the World --$tTsiolkovsky's Plan of Space Exploration --$tScientist of the Decade: Edwin Powell Hubble (1889-1953) --$g4.$t1931-1940: Understanding What Makes Stars Shine and Rockets Fly --$tMilestones --$tNew "Eyes" on the Universe --$tFrom Giants to Black Holes --$tHow Stars Shine --$tDevelopment of Modern Rockets --$tFlash Gordon and War of the Worlds --$tScientist of the Decade: Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) --$g5.$t1941-1950: From War to Space --$tMilestones --$tPathway to Space Begins with Weapons --$tPostwar Rocket Development --$tPostwar Russian Rocket Development --$tFirst Science Rockets --$tWartime Astronomy --$tSynthesis of the Elements --$tAstronomical Peace Dividend --$tScientist of the Decade: Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (1912-1977) --$tRadio and Solar System Discoveries --$g6.$t1951-1960: The Dawn of the Space Age --$tMilestones --$tMystery of Radio Stars --$tElements of Life --$tOrigin of the Solar System --$tPreparation for Manned Space Programs --$tNew Improved Rockets --$tSatellites for Politics and Science --$tFlying to the Moon --$tProject Mercury --$tScientist of the Decade: Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (1907-1966) --$tMercury Facts --$g7.$t1961-1970: Putting Humans on the Moon --$tMilestones --$tFirst People in Space --$tRendezvous with the Moon --$tVoskhod and Gemini --$tProbes and Satellites --$tTragedy in 1967 --$tResumption of the Race --$tRace Is Won --$tWaning Moon --$tX-ray and Neutrino Astronomy --$tQuasars and Pulsars --$tAbundant Support for the Big Bang Theory --$tScientist of the Decade: Robert Rowe Gilruth (1913-2000) --$g8.$t1971-1980: From the Moon to Jupiter --$tMilestones --$tRoving around the Moon --$tFirst Space Stations --$tFrom Apollo-Soyuz to Shuttles --$tLong-Duration Spaceflight --$tDeserted Mars --$tPicturing Venus --$tExploring the Giants --$tObserving Space --$tScientist of the Decade: Carl Edward Sagan (1934-1996) --$g9.$t1981-1990: Laboratories in Space --$tSpace Transportation System --$tMilestones --$tShuttle Flight Numbering System --$tChallenger's Last Flight --$tReturn to Flight --$tRussian Space-From Salyut to Mir --$tMoon, Venus, Mars, and Comets --$tVoyage to Uranus and Neptune --$tState of the Universe --$tScientist of the Decade: Vera Cooper Rubin (1928- ) --$g10.$t1991-2000: Space Telescopes and Stations --$tMilestones --$tResearch and Records --$tNew Life in Moon/Mars Research --$tLunar Burial of Eugene Shoemaker --$tNo Little Green Men --$tAsteroids, Comets, and Extrasolar Planets --$tSpace Observatories --$tInternational Space --$tScientist of the Decade: Geoffrey Marcy (1954- ) --$tNew Worlds --$tBruce Medalists.
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650 0 $aSpace flight$xHistory$y20th century.
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655 4 $aNonfiction.
830 0 $aTwentieth-century science.
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