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Eisenhower's Sputnik moment : the race for space and world prestige /

Yanek Mieczkowski, Author | [S.l.] : Cornell University Press | 2013

In Sputnik's shadow : the President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America

Zuoyue Wang | [S.l.] : Rutgers University Press | 2008

American public science, 1863-1945 -- The origins of technological skepticism, 1945-1950 -- Mobilizing science for the Korean War under Truman, 1950-1952 -- Science and the national security state under Eisenhower, 1952-1957 -- Eisenhower, Sputn[...]

Sputnik : the shock of the century

Paul Dickson | [S.l.] : Walker Publishing Co. | 2001

"Paul Dickson re-creates the fire, furor, frustration, and flamboyance of the early Space Age. Sputnik's arrival set off a tidal wave in the affairs of men." Vinton Cerf, coinventor of the Internet "Dickson's book not only presents a thoughtful [...]

Reconsidering Sputnik : forty years since the Soviet satellite

Roger D. Launius, Editor ; John M. Logsdon, Editor ; Robert W. Smith, Editor | [S.l.] : Harwood Academic Pub. | Studies in the History of science, technology and medicine | 2000

On October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into Earth orbit. This 184-pound, basketball-sized sphere ushered in the era of the space race. At the height of the Cold War and several months into the Int[...]

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