Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War
Michael J. Neufeld
#3526 of 3,809 books · #1157 in Biography & Memoir
Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography (2007).
Offers a multifaceted portrait of the visionary German scientist who became the chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich, creator of the V-2 rocket, reluctant SS officer, and one of the fathers of the U.S. space program.
- Publisher
- Knopf
- ISBN-13
- 9780307262929
- Genre
- Topics
- Rocket engineeringSpace programWorld War II Germany
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyShortlisted(2007)
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