In this remarkable oral history, Slava Gerovitch presents interviews with the men and women who witnessed Soviet space efforts firsthand. Rather than comprising a "master narrative," these fascinating
Bigfoot hunters and their brethren are often depicted as outcasts, misfits, or passionate amateurs toiling in solitude. But has this always been the case? This fresh and entertaining study looks at th
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is all too often thought of in a purely national context - as an American initiative developed specifically to compete with the Soviet Union. Yet, fro
Despite the wealth of information and archival material that has become available in the years following the fall of the USSR, the history of the Soviet space program has been dominated by the account
There is broad agreement that any unilineal progressive view of the ‘origins and spread of agriculture’ is no longer sufficient to explain this most debated of topics in prehistory. Archaeological evi
In the late 1950s, crowds massed to see a new spectacular and expensive instrument for British science. The Jordell Bank Radio Telescope built on the Cheshire plains could be seen for miles around, bu
This book explores the relationship between cities and their commercial airports. These vital transportation facilities are locally owned and managed and civic leaders and boosters have made the
