num_pages: 352
description: The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became -- to America's continuing chagrin -- the father of the Chinese missile program.
language: English
title: Thread of the Silkworm
titlecomplete: Thread of the Silkworm
genres: China, Space, History, Biography, Science, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 190
publisher: Basic Books