02753nam a2200445 a 4500 ebr10411771 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 081125s2009 txua sb s001 0beng c 2008051128 9781603441179 (cloth : alk. paper) 1603441174 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)680622488 e-ur--- TL789.85.T8 A53 2009eb 629.4092 B 22 Andrews, James T., 1961- Red cosmos [electronic resource] : K.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry / James T. Andrews. K.E. Tsiolkovskii, grandfather of Soviet rocketry 1st ed. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, c2009. xviii, 147 p. : ill. Centennial of flight series ; no. 18 Includes bibliographical references and index. Prelude before Tsiolkovskii: Russian rocketry from Peter the Great to the nineteenth century -- Introduction envisioning the cosmos: K. E. Tsiolkovskii, Russian public culture, and the mythology of Soviet cosmonautics, 1857-1964 -- Beginnings, teaching science in a provincial context: Tsiolkovskii's years in the Russian locale, 1857-1917 -- Dreaming of the cosmos: early scientific and technical experimentation in pre-1917 Kaluga, Russia -- Getting serious about rocket flight in revolutionary Russia, 1917-1928 -- Cross-fertilizing futuristic literary genres: utopian science fiction or didactic popular technology in revolutionary Russia, 1890-1928 -- Stalin, Khrushchev, and the spaceman: technology, Soviet national identity, and the memorialization of a local hero in the dawn of Sputnik, 1928-1957 -- Epilogue and conclusion: chudo (wonder) or chudak (crank), the legacy of Tsiolkovskii in the Khrushchev era and beyond 1964. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. �T�Siolkovski�i, K. (Konstantin), 1857-1935. Aerospace engineers Soviet Union Biography. Authors, Russian Biography. Authors, Soviet Biography. Science fiction, Soviet History and criticism. Astronautics Russia History. Astronautics Social aspects Soviet Union. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Centennial of flight series ; no. 18. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10411771 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 79346 79346