PIONEERS OF ROCKETRY

by Michael Stoiko ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 11, 1974

Stoiko, a rocket engineer himself, offers five biographical sketches of rocket pioneers -- Congreve, Tsiolkovsky, Esnault-Pelterie, Goddard and Oberth -- each full of fascinating and authentic detail. His range is, however, somewhat narrower than that of Hendrickson, whose Who Really Invented the Rocket (KR, p. 429, J-189) paid somewhat more attention to the development of design principles and less to the life histories of inventors. Stoiko is principally interested in the duplication and lack of communication among contemporaneous workers in the field, but his assertion that one unified effort would have been faster and better (and therefore should be the model for future research projects) might be debated. The personal histories of these pioneers will interest those who have a very basic knowledge of the growth of rocketry that Hendrickson's audience might lack.

Pub Date: Oct. 11, 1974

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 128

Publisher: Hawthorn

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1974

Categories: NONFICTION