Travel To Distant Worlds
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Karl Gilzin
Binding: Hardback
Published: Foreign Language Publishing House, 1957
Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Dust jacket damaged with some areas missing (see photo) and some general wear along edges, protected by plastic jacket
When this book was originally published in the Soviet Union in 1957 - the year Sputnik was launched - the author said: "The youth throughout the world have been manifesting a great interest in the problem of space travel. This interest has long since ceased to be a question of idle curiosity: 'Is space travel possible?' Every pupil now knows the answer to this question. "The interest of our young people in the problem of space travel has assumed quite concrete form. They want to know what interplanetary flights are possible today, at the present level of scientific and technical development, they want to know what achievements have been attained in the development of remarkable reaction engines, which will be the vital part of any interplanetary vessel. These young people question the astronomers about the routes of future cosmic flights. They question the doctors about the specific effects of space travel on the human organism. They are interested in the possibility of a collision between a space ship and meteors, in the possibility of using artificial satellites of the Earth and in many other things. "In a few words, our youth are keenly interested in all the problems covered by the science of space travel. This science has already developed to such an extent, especially during the past decade, that it is impossible even to attempt any detailed account of its achievements in any one book."
Author: Karl Gilzin
Binding: Hardback
Published: Foreign Language Publishing House, 1957
Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Dust jacket damaged with some areas missing (see photo) and some general wear along edges, protected by plastic jacket
When this book was originally published in the Soviet Union in 1957 - the year Sputnik was launched - the author said: "The youth throughout the world have been manifesting a great interest in the problem of space travel. This interest has long since ceased to be a question of idle curiosity: 'Is space travel possible?' Every pupil now knows the answer to this question. "The interest of our young people in the problem of space travel has assumed quite concrete form. They want to know what interplanetary flights are possible today, at the present level of scientific and technical development, they want to know what achievements have been attained in the development of remarkable reaction engines, which will be the vital part of any interplanetary vessel. These young people question the astronomers about the routes of future cosmic flights. They question the doctors about the specific effects of space travel on the human organism. They are interested in the possibility of a collision between a space ship and meteors, in the possibility of using artificial satellites of the Earth and in many other things. "In a few words, our youth are keenly interested in all the problems covered by the science of space travel. This science has already developed to such an extent, especially during the past decade, that it is impossible even to attempt any detailed account of its achievements in any one book."