The Apollo Chronicles

Brandon R. Brown (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, University of San Francisco)

The Apollo Chronicles
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Country
United States
Published
6 June 2019
Pages
256
ISBN
9780190681340

The Apollo Chronicles

Brandon R. Brown (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, University of San Francisco)

The moon landing of 1969 stands as an iconic moment for both the United States and humankind. The familiar story focuses on the journey of the brave astronauts, who brought home Moon rocks and startling photographs.

But Apollo’s full account includes the earthbound engineers, mounds of their crumpled paper, and smoldering metal shards of exploded engines. How exactly did the nation, step by difficult step, take men to the Moon and back?

In The Apollo Chronicles, fifty years after the moon landing, author Brandon R. Brown, himself the son of an Apollo engineer, revisits the men and women who toiled behind the lights. He relays the defining  twentieth-century project from its roots, bringing the engineers’ work and personalities to bright life on the page. Set against the backdrop of a turbulent American decade, the narrative whisks audiences through tense deadlines and technical miracles, from President John F. Kennedy’s 1961 challenge to NASA’s 1969 lunar triumph, as engineers confronted wave after wave of previously unthinkable challenges.

Brown immerses readers in key physical hurdles – from building the  world’s most powerful rockets to keeping humans alive in the hostile void of space – using language free of acronyms and technical jargon. The book also pulls back from the detailed tasks and asks larger  questions. What did we learn about the Moon? And what can this uniquely innovative project teach us today?

This item is not currently in-stock. It can be ordered online and is expected to ship in approx 2 weeks

Our stock data is updated periodically, and availability may change throughout the day for in-demand items. Please call the relevant shop for the most current stock information. Prices are subject to change without notice.

Sign in or become a Readings Member to add this title to a wishlist.