Space Science series.
Series: Voice of American forum lectrues.
Publisher: Voice of America
Published: 1962
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: Astronautics.; Space sciences.
Notes: Lectures broadcast originally by the Voice of America.
Table of contents: title: 1. The challenges of space / Hugh Odishaw; title: 2. Meteorological satellites and weather forecasting / David S. Johnson; title: 3. International communication and space / John R. Pierce; title: 4. Geodetic applications in the space age / Owen W. Williams; title: 5. Sun and earth / Herbert Friedman; title: 6. Geomagnetism / James P. Heppner; title: 7. The ionosphere / Alan H. Shapley; title: 8. The aurora / Joseph W. Chamberlain; title: 9. Space research and meteorology / Harry Wexler; title: 10. Research in geodesy / George P. Woollard; title: 11. Gravitation and space science / Robert H. Dicke; title: 12. The earth and near space / James A. Van Allen; title: 13. The interplanetary medium / John A. Simpson; title: 14. The moon / Gordon J. F. MacDonald; title: 15. Exploration of the Nearer-planets / Gerard de Vaucouleurs; title: 16. The Sun / Leo Goldberg; title: 17. Astronomy in the space age / Edward R. Dyer, Jr.; title: 18. Manned exploration of space / Christian J. Lambertsen; title: 19. Space and the life sciences / Colin S. Pittendrigh; title: 20. Life beyond the earth / Carl Sagan.