David M. Harland
Autor(a) de Exploring the Moon : The Apollo Expeditions
About the Author
David M. Harland is a space historian whose prolific output in recent years includes Exploring the Moon - The Apollo Expeditions, The Story of the Space Shuttle and The Story of Space Station Mir. Based in Scotland, he lives in a small house full of books.
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Obras por David M. Harland
Space Systems Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rockets and Space Probes (2005) 33 exemplares
The First Men on the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) (2007) 33 exemplares
Creating the International Space Station (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) (2002) 15 exemplares
Jupiter Odyssey: The Story of NASA's Galileo Mission (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) (2000) 11 exemplares
Mars Owners' Workshop Manual: From 4.5 billion years ago to the present (Haynes Manuals) (2018) 11 exemplares
Mission to Saturn: Cassini and the Huygens Probe (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) (2002) 9 exemplares
The Earth in Context: A Guide to the Solar System (Springer-Praxis Series in Astronomy and Space Sciences) (2001) 5 exemplares
Concurrency and programming languages (Ellis Horwood series in computers and their applications) (1986) 3 exemplares
Universe Owners' Workshop Manual: From 13.8 billion years ago to the infinite future - An insight into the study of the… (2019) 3 exemplares
Robotic Exploration of the Solar System: Part 3: Wows and Woes, 1997-2003 (Springer Praxis Books) (2012) 2 exemplares
EXPLORING THE MOON THE APOLLO MISSIONS 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Harland, David Michael
- Data de nascimento
- 1955-01-17
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Locais de residência
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Educação
- University of St Andrews
- Ocupações
- space historian
computer scientist - Organizações
- University of Glasgow
Membros
Críticas
A good cosmology book has to speak knowledgeably about particle physics (J Silk: take note), and this one does so in spades. It is surprisingly authoritative and information-dense on the development of both subjects.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 32
- Membros
- 414
- Popularidade
- #58,866
- Avaliação
- 4.4
- Críticas
- 2
- ISBN
- 60
Anyhoo, I am writing this at a remove of a number of years (perhaps 10+) but I still recall this book fondly as one of the better books I've read on the US space program ... and I've read a lot of them. Apart from the great stories and personalities (and photos!) here, the book really does live up to its main title: it shows precisely why Gemini was so important. It presents the navigation problems, the EVA problems and more in great clarity, and shows you how the various Gemini missions knocked them out, one by one. I'm not an engineer but this book makes me wonder why: the problem-solving is so addictive and educational. Great job, great book!… (mais)