Book ID: CBB000950240

Keep Watching the Skies! The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age (2008)

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McCray, W. Patrick (Author)


Princeton University Press


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: xiii + 308 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the amateur astronomy groups that met to assist professional astronomers by observing the first artificial satellites.


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Review Jeon, Chihyung (2009) Review of "Keep Watching the Skies! The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age". Technology and Culture (p. 946). unapi

Review Dick, Steven J. (2009) Review of "Keep Watching the Skies! The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 685). unapi

Essay Review Hamblin, Jacob Darwin (2010) Science and Technology for Every Man, Woman, and Child. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (pp. 259-267). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Boyle, Ryan
Ciancone, Michael L.
Collis, Christy
Dickson, Paul
Della Dora, Veronica
Dubbs, Chris
Journals
History and Technology
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal of American Culture
Journal of Contemporary History
Journal of Popular Culture
Technology and Culture
Publishers
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Dover
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Princeton University Press
Published by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
Published for the American Astronautical Society by Univelt, Inc.
Concepts
Space travel; space flight
Satellites, artificial
Space programs
Astronautics
Popular culture
Science and politics
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Russia
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Institutions
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
International Geophysical Year (IGY)
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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