Dickson, Paul (Author)
Walker & Company
Physical Details: 310 pp., illus., notes, bibl., index
Language: English
Description Effect of the beginning of the Russian space program on U.S. science and technology as well as popular culture.
Review Wang, Zuoyue (2003) Review of "Sputnik: The Shock of the Century". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 766).
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