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005 20141212053541.0;

008 090519s2010 dcua c b 001 0ceng ;

010 a| 2009020386;

015 a| GBB0222112| bnb;

016 7 a| 0154838972| Uk;

020 a| 9781426305979;

020 a| 1426305974;

020 a| 9781426305986 (library binding : alk. paper);

020 a| 1426305982 (library binding : alk. paper);

029 0 a| IG#b| 9781426305979;

029 1 a| AU@b| 000044237784;

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082 00 a| 629.4092/22| 22;

092 a| 629.4092b| SK76T;

100 1 a| Skurzynski, Gloria.=| ^A127762;

245 10 a| This is rocket science :b| true stories of the risk-taking scientists who figure out ways to explore beyond Earth /c| by Gloria Skurzynski.;

300 a| 80 pages :b| illustrations (chiefly color) ;c| 26 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 78) and index.;

505 0 a| Fire arrows -- The fathers of modern rocketry -- Beeps from space -- Saturn wins, Orion loses -- Return and reuse -- Success and failure -- Way to go -- Farther needs faster.;

520 a| A history of rockets and rocket science, from the Chinese discovery of gunpowder to the development of nuclear spacecraft and rockets that sail on the solar winds.;

521 1 a| 009-013.;

650 0 a| Aerospace engineersv| Biographyv| Juvenile literature.=| ^A448516;

650 0 a| Rocketryx| Historyv| Juvenile literature.=| ^A48195;

650 0 a| Rockets (Aeronautics)x| Historyv| Juvenile literature.=| ^A69864;

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This is rocket science : true stories of the risk-taking scientists who figure out ways to explore beyond Earth / by Gloria Skurzynski.

Author/creator	Skurzynski, Gloria
Format	Book
Publication Info	Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, ©2010.
Description	80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Subjects	Aerospace engineers--Biography. --Juvenile literature. Rocketry--History. --Juvenile literature. Rockets (Aeronautics)--History. --Juvenile literature.

Contents	Fire arrows -- The fathers of modern rocketry -- Beeps from space -- Saturn wins, Orion loses -- Return and reuse -- Success and failure -- Way to go -- Farther needs faster.
Abstract	A history of rockets and rocket science, from the Chinese discovery of gunpowder to the development of nuclear spacecraft and rockets that sail on the solar winds.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 78) and index.
Interest age level	009-013.
LCCN	2009020386
ISBN	9781426305979
ISBN	1426305974
ISBN	9781426305986 (library binding : alk. paper)
ISBN	1426305982 (library binding : alk. paper)

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