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Robert Pearlman
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posted 10-10-2014 12:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The American Astronautical Society's History Committee has announced the publication of the English-language translation of Hermann Oberth’s seminal work, Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen (The Rocket Into Planetary Space) (1925, Oldenbourg) by de Gruyter Oldenbourg. De Gruyter Oldenbourg reissued the original German-language edition in April 2014.
For all being interested in astronautics, this translation of Hermann Oberth's classic work is a truly historic event. Readers will be impressed with this extraordinary pioneer and his incredible achievement. In a relatively short work of 1923, Hermann Oberth laid down the mathematical laws governing rocketry and spaceflight, and he offered practical design considerations based on those laws.
  • Hardcover, 98 pages
  • de Gruyter, September 2014
  • ISBN: 978-3-11-036756-0
Dr. Trevor Sorensen led the translation and editorial effort for the AAS History Committee, supported by a team of specialists that included Dr. Joachim Kehr (DLR/GSOC ret.), Dr. Rick Sturdevant (AFSPC), Michael Ciancone (NASA), Lars Oliefka (ESA), and Joni Wilson (copy editor).

cspg
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posted 10-10-2014 04:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for cspg   Click Here to Email cspg     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Pretty expensive for a 98 page book...

David C
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posted 10-11-2014 03:43 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for David C     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Certainly is, but I've pre-ordered it. My high school German is now almost non-existant and it's a classic.

David C
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posted 10-22-2014 01:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for David C     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Mine's arrived, haven't had the chance to read it yet. I can say it's an excellent quality hardback, good paper, crisp printing, clearly legible illustrations. None of the common limited run book defects.

It's a no nonsense engineering text, and at that price, strictly for a hardcore readership.

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