Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Skurzynski, Gloria. Title: This is rocket science : true stories of the risk-taking scientists who figure out ways to explore beyond Earth / by Gloria Skurzynski. Publisher, Date: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, ©2010. Description: 80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm Summary: A history of rockets and rocket science, from the Chinese discovery of gunpowder to the development of nuclear spacecraft and rockets that sail on the solar winds. Target Audience Note: 009-013. Subjects: Aerospace engineers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Rocketry -- History -- Juvenile literature. Rockets (Aeronautics) -- History -- Juvenile literature. Genre: Biographies. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 78) and index. Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 8.7 3 SD Quiz 136667 English non-fiction. Contents: Fire arrows -- The fathers of modern rocketry -- Beeps from space -- Saturn wins, Orion loses -- Return and reuse -- Success and failure -- Way to go -- Farther needs faster. Web Site: Publisher description LCCN: 2009020386 ISBN: 9781426305979 1426305974 9781426305986 1426305982 Other Number: 335695885 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 262719 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: j 629.40922 Skurzyns Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
