| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
01092cam a2200181 i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9781472911179 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
629.4097309044 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Teitel, Amy Shira. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Breaking the chains of gravity : the story of spaceflight before NASA / |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
629 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Hobby rocketeers -- The rocket loophole -- The turning tide of war -- Escape and surrender -- Nazi rockets in New Mexico -- Rockets meet airplanes -- A new war, a new missile, and a new leader -- Higher and faster -- Edging into hypersonics -- The floating astronaut -- Space becomes an option -- The first satellite race -- Little Ball's big impact -- The fight to control space -- Epilogue : America finds its footing in space -- Glossary of people -- Glossary of places and organizations. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Aeronautics--Research--United States--History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Astronautics--Research--United States--History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Aeronautics and state--United States--History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Aeronautics and state--Germany--History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Space race. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Electronic Books |
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