商品簡介
Internationally-known computer science consultant, educator, and writer Spencer has worked in the field for 50-plus years. His work has included several space-related projects--the Apollo program, the Nimbus satellite, spy satellites, missile tracking programs--and he has written 230-plus computer science books. Illustrated throughout with some 300 b&w and color photographs and reproductions, his latest text offers general readers and space historians a history of how the space program transformed the area of Cape Canaveral from a sparsely populated area of sand dunes and palmetto scrub land to one of the most influential high-tech centers in the U.S. Oversize: 11.25x8.75". Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
