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Michael Neufeld's 470 page Michael J. Neufeld's "Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War" is a very well-written and balanced biography of Wernher von Braun; perhaps the most influential figure in the history of modern rocket engineering and space exploration.
Based on new sources, Curator and space historian at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum delivers a brilliantly nuanced biography of controversial space pioneer Wernher von Braun. Chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich and one of the fathers of the U.S. space program, Wernher von Braun is a source of consistent fascination.
Von Braun: Dreamer of The first authoritative biography of Wernher von Braun, chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich—creator of the infamous V-2 rocket—who became one of the fathers of the U.S. space program.
A more recent biography Born to aristocratic parents in , von Braun told his mother when he was about 10 that he wanted his life to “turn the wheel of progress.” A precocious child, he discovered rocketry and.
This book comes as close to BOOK REVIEW: Michael J. Neufeld, Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War (New York: Knopf, ), pages, $ April -- If Wernher von Braun had died in at the end of World War Two, he would have been remembered as the man who led the team that built the world’s first effective ballistic missile.
In this meticulously researched and
About Von Braun. Curator and space historian at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum delivers a brilliantly nuanced biography of controversial space pioneer Wernher von Braun. Chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich and one of the fathers of the U.S. space program, Wernher von Braun is a source of consistent fascination.Born to aristocratic parents Michael Neufeld’s authoritative biography about Wernher von Braun () explores two big themes: First, it examines the profound moral complexities of a man who, before and during WWII, was the leading figure of the V-2 missile program in Nazi Germany and who, after the war, became the chief architect of Saturn V which propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the moon.
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