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Topic: Willy Ley: Rocketeer to Far Side of Moon (Buss)
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cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-24-2016 09:54 AM
Willy Ley: Prophet of the Space Age by Jared S. Buss Willy Ley inspired young rocket scientists and would-be astronauts around the world to imagine a future of interplanetary travel long before space shuttles existed. This is the first biography of the science writer and rocketeer who predicted and boosted the rise of the Space Age.Born in Germany, Ley became involved in amateur rocketry until the field was taken over by the Nazis. He fled to America, where he forged a new life as a weapons expert and journalist during World War II and as a rocket researcher after the war. As America's foremost authority on rockets, missiles, and space travel, he authored books and scientific articles, while also regularly writing for science fiction pulp magazines and publishing what he termed romantic zoology — a blend of zoology, cryptozoology, history, and mythology. He even consulted for television's Tom Corbett, Space Cadet and the Disney program Man in Space, thrilling audiences with a romanticized view of what spaceflight would be like. Yet as astronauts took center stage and scientific intellectuals such as Wernher von Braun became influential during the space race, Ley lost his celebrity status. With an old-fashioned style of popular writing and eccentric perspectives influenced by romanticism and science fiction, he was ignored by younger historians. This book returns Willy Ley to his rightful place as the energizer of an era — a time when scientists and science popularizers mixed ranks and shared the spotlight so that our far-fetched, fantastic dreams could turn into the reality of tomorrow. - Hardcover
- University Press of Florida (23 Aug. 2017)
- ISBN-10: 0813054435
- ISBN-13: 978-0813054438
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cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-14-2017 06:18 AM
The book is available in the UK under the title: "Willy Ley: From Rocketeer to the Far Side of the Moon."In the US, it will be available August 22 under the title: "Willy Ley: Prophet of the Space Age." Book description from the publisher added above. |
Larry McGlynn Member Posts: 1255 From: Boston, MA Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 06-14-2017 12:26 PM
I grew up with Willy Ley and Chesley Bonestell and the Conquest of Space. I still have all his Viking Press books. That series of books illustrated by Bonestell are the volumes that encouraged many young space enthusiasts during the 1950's. | |
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