The Exploration of SpacePocket Books, 1979 - 237 pagini Presents a nonscientific explanation of space exploration and a view of future life on other planets. |
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... human character , thought and artistic cre- ativeness . These things are the great imponderables of as- tronautics : in the long run they may be of far more importance than its purely material benefits , consider- able though these will ...
... human character , thought and artistic cre- ativeness . These things are the great imponderables of as- tronautics : in the long run they may be of far more importance than its purely material benefits , consider- able though these will ...
Pagina 226
... human beings or the great organizers of human society were thor- oughly convinced and enthusiastic about astronautics , then scientists and engineers could direct their research work immediately to space - flight problems . Unfor ...
... human beings or the great organizers of human society were thor- oughly convinced and enthusiastic about astronautics , then scientists and engineers could direct their research work immediately to space - flight problems . Unfor ...
Pagina 228
... human nature . One wonders if they would have asked Pheidias , when he was starting work on the Parthenon frieze , why he was not engaged on something useful like rebuilding the Athenian slums . If he had kept his temper , the artist ...
... human nature . One wonders if they would have asked Pheidias , when he was starting work on the Parthenon frieze , why he was not engaged on something useful like rebuilding the Athenian slums . If he had kept his temper , the artist ...
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Preface to the 1951 Edition | 11 |
Thirty Years Later | 15 |
The Shaping of the Dream | 21 |
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