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Jared S. Buss
'Beautifully written. Reveals the vicissitudes of an extraordinarily interesting life.'--Michael J. Neufeld, author of Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War'Willy Ley has been a mystery among spaceflight historians for many years. His role as
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Jared S. Buss
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Technology and Culture. 60:917-919
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Jared S. Buss
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History and Technology. 31:160-170
During the early 1950s, Americans consumed a vibrant combination of popular science, space-related media, and rocket spectacles. In imaginative and prophetic realms, millions of Americans witnessed...
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Jared S. Buss
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University Press of Florida
Chapter 5 continues the narrative by charting Ley’s role as a weapons expert and journalist during the Second World War. This chapter puts forth a more complex argument surrounding the role of science writers and their perception of a totalitarian
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https://doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813054438.003.0006
Autor:
Jared S. Buss
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University Press of Florida
This chapter focuses on Ley’s immediate postwar years during the late 1940s. During this stage of his career, he became both a practicing rocket researcher and America’s recognized rocket expert. As Americans clamored for information about V-2 ro
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https://doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813054438.003.0007
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Jared S. Buss
This book is an academic biography of Willy Ley (1906-1969), an influential American science writer and rocket expert. During the 1940s and 1950s, Ley became a scientific celebrity in the United States. He wrote dozens of books and hundreds of articl
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https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvx074v9
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvx074v9
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Jared S. Buss
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University Press of Florida
This chapter follows Ley’s early years in the United States during the late 1930s. By analyzing his turn toward general science writing on topics such as natural history and zoology, the chapter begins to take readers into the world of the New York
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https://doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813054438.003.0005
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Jared S. Buss
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University Press of Florida
This chapter follows Ley during his early twenties, when he became an intermediary between specialized experts and the general public. Ley constructed his persona as a freelance writer and journalist, who could translate complex concepts for a broade
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https://doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813054438.003.0003
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Jared S. Buss
Willy Ley died of a heart attack just weeks before the lunar landing in July 1969. This epilogue describes the reactions of his family and friends, who mourned his loss amid the broader celebration of Apollo 11. It also recounts the successful effort
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https://doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813054438.003.0011
Autor:
Jared S. Buss
Publikováno v:
University Press of Florida
This chapter discusses the myriad of Ley’s activities during the late 1950s, when his status as a scientific celebrity and rocket expert peaked. It follows his pre-Sputnik and post-Sputnik tactics. Not only did Ley encourage millions of Americans t
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https://doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813054438.003.0009