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Three years in the life of Homer 'Sonny' Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhead in West Virginia to his successful launch of ... More

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With the grace of a natural storyteller, Homer Hickam looks back after a distinguished NASA career to tell his own true story of growing up in a ... More

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Based on the book "Rocket Boys", this feature film by Universal Pictures premieres in theaters in February and stars Chris Cooper and Laura Dern. ... More

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The author of "October Sky" takes readers back to his West Virginia hometown in the fall of 1959. Homer "Sonny" Hickam and his fellow Rocket Boys are ... More

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The author of "October Sky" takes readers back to his West Virginia hometown in the fall of 1959. Homer "Sonny" Hickam and his fellow Rocket Boys are ... More

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Concluding his trilogy of memoirs begun in "October Sky, " the author returns to Coalwood, West Virginia, recalling the summer of 1961. With a year ... More

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Concluding his trilogy of memoirs begun in "October Sky, " the author returns to Coalwood, West Virginia, recalling the summer of 1961. With a year ... More

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"Thunder in the Morning is Homer H. Grantham's account of a Marine Corps six-man naval gunfire spotting team in a joint assault signal company ... More

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Biography of William H. Pickering, 1910-2004 On the first day of February 1958, three men held aloft a model of Explorer 1, America's first Earth ... More

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Inspiring, outrageous... A thundering paradox of a man.Douglas MacArthur, one of only five men in history to have achieved the rank of General of the ... More

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Before there were science fiction fans and conventions, there was Julius Schwartz. One of the inventors of science fiction fandom in the '30s, he ... More

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Revered biographer Monk solves the enigma of Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. He details his life and personality, and brilliantly ... More

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This new, one-volume autobiography spans Asimov's life for the first time--condensed from three volumes by the author's wife, who also shares ... More

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Nikola Tesla, credited by many as the inspiration for radios, robots, and even radar, has been called the patron saint of modern electricity. "Wizard ... More

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This second volume completes the story begun in "Walter B. Cannon: The Life and Times of a Young Scientist" (Harvard University Press, 1987), tracing ... More

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Charles Townes, the scientist of Adventures of a Scientist, received the Nobel Prize in 1964 for discovering the principles behind the Laser, the ... More

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This paperback version of the "New York Times" bestselling memoir of America's cherished astronaut-turned-senator includes the results of the medical ... More

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Thomas A. Edison remains rooted in the popular imagination primarily as the inventor of the practical electric light, but he also continues to ... More

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In this authoritative biography of Wernher von Braun, chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich, Neufeld presents a man of profound moral complexities ... More

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In the Galveston hurricane of 1900-the most fatal natural disaster in U. S. history-more than 6,000 souls perished. Yet that number would have nearly ... More

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This first story in an exciting new graphic novel series begins with the tale of Orville and Wilbur Wright, brothers living at the dawn of the 20th ... More

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The leader of the team that creates the "Sojourner" Mars rover recounts how she made the dream of "getting to Mars" come true and shares her methods ... More

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He joined the army at 15 and is today America's most decorated living soldier. In one of the most extraordinary military memoirs of our time, About ... More

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