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How to Build Your Own Spaceship : The Science of Personal Space Travel by Piers Bizony (2009, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100452295335
ISBN-139780452295339
eBay Product ID (ePID)71744577
Product Key Features
Book TitleHow to Build Your Own Spaceship : the Science of Personal Space Travel
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicIndustries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism, Physics / Astrophysics, Space Science, Astronomy, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Publication Year2009
GenreTechnology & Engineering, Science, Business & Economics
AuthorPiers Bizony
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight7.2 Oz
Item Length7.9 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-046592
Dewey Edition22
Reviews[Bizony] writes with the easy tone you’d want to hear from your space pilot… Strap yourselves down, and boldly go on a joyride out of this world.” —The Times(UK), "[Bizony] writes with the easy tone you'd want to hear from your space pilot... Strap yourselves down, and boldly go on a joyride out of this world." - The Times (UK), "[Bizony] writes with the easy tone you'd want to hear from your space pilot... Strap yourselves down, and boldly go on a joyride out of this world." -The Times(UK)
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal629.45
Grade ToUP
Table Of ContentHow to Build Your Own Spaceship Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: When's the Space Age Coming for the Rest of Us? Chapter 2: That's Why They Call It "Rocket Science" Chapter 3: Runners and Riders, Ways and Means Chapter 4: "No Bucks, No Buck Rogers" Chapter 5: Islands in the Sky Chapter 6: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Chapter 7: The Red Planet--and Beyond Epilogue Selected Bibliography
SynopsisLadies and gentlemen, start your spaceships with this book that explores an exciting new era of space travel--the perfect science gift! Personal space travel is no longer the stuff of science fiction. The future is here: Civilians are launching into orbit. How to Build Your Own Spaceship takes readers on a fun and quirky trip to the forefront of commercial space travel-the latest technology, the major business players, and the personal and financial benefits that are ripe for the picking. Science-writer Piers Bizony's breadth of knowledge, quick wit, and no-nonsense explanations of the hard science in this emerging arena will satisfy even the most dedicated space fanatics. With practical advice (from picking the best jet fuel to funding your own fleet of space crafts), unbelievable space facts, and fascinating photos, Bizony's user-friendly guide to blasting off is a must-have ticket to the final frontier., Ladies and gentlemen, start your spaceships with this book that explores an exciting new era of space travel--the perfect science gift Personal space travel is no longer the stuff of science fiction. The future is here: Civilians are launching into orbit. How to Build Your Own Spaceship takes readers on a fun and quirky trip to the forefront of commercial space travel-the latest technology, the major business players, and the personal and financial benefits that are ripe for the picking. Science-writer Piers Bizony's breadth of knowledge, quick wit, and no-nonsense explanations of the hard science in this emerging arena will satisfy even the most dedicated space fanatics. With practical advice (from picking the best jet fuel to funding your own fleet of space crafts), unbelievable space facts, and fascinating photos, Bizony's user-friendly guide to blasting off is a must-have ticket to the final frontier.
LC Classification NumberTL793.B525 2009
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