Reconsidering Sputnik
Subtitle: Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite (Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: October 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9789057026232
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Astronautics; European history: postwar, from c 1945 -; History of engineering & technology; International relations; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Space Stations; Space Exploration; Science; Science/Mathematics; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); USA; Aeronautics & Astronautics; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; History; Science / History
First sentence: With the launch of Sputnik on October 4, 1957, a scrambling for explanations ensued about how the Soviets had suddenly bested the United States, arguably the most technically advanced civilization the world had ever known.