Rockets and Ray Guns: The Sci-Fi Science of the Cold War

by Andrew May

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The Cold War saw scientists in East and West racing to create amazing new technologies, the like of which the world had never seen. Yet not everyone was taken by surprise. From super-powerful atomic weapons to rockets and space travel, readers of science fiction (SF) had seen it all before.

Sometimes reality lived up to the SF vision, at other times it didn't. The hydrogen bomb was as terrifyingly destructive as anything in fiction, while...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:3319898299

ISBN13:9783319898292

Release Date:June 2018

Publisher:Springer

Length:214 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Education Education & Reference Engineering Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Technology

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