Space-Age Acronyms; Abbreviations and Designations
New York: IFI/Plenum, 1969. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. 26 cm, 534, usual library markings, some of which have been blacked over. More
New York: IFI/Plenum, 1969. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. 26 cm, 534, usual library markings, some of which have been blacked over. More
New York: Plenum Press, 1964. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 26 cm. [10], 427, [1] pages. Ex-library with the usual library markings. Name of previous owner in ink on fep. With a Foreword by Bill M. Woods, Executive Director of the Special Libraries Association. Acronym agglomeration is an affliction of the age, and there are acronym addicts who, in their weakness, find it impossible to resist them. It is then for the reader and listener and for the writer and speaker that Reta C. Moser has compiled this guide. Its effective application to the art of communication is urged. Such use should help avoid many of the misunderstandings involving terminology which occur daily. Although such misunderstandings are certainly crucial in humanistic and social situations, they are often of immediate import and the trigger to disaster in scientific, technical, and political situations. Many acronyms and definitions are provided, with due credit to Miss Moser's diligence in making the compilation and with the acknowledgment that the acronymical phenomenon is very much with us. This first edition is certain to be of value to writers, librarians, editors, and others who must identify and deal with acronyms. More
New York: Criterion Books, 1957. Presumed first U.S. Edition, first printing. Hardcover. [12], 307, [1] pages. Illustrations. For Further Reading. , Ex-library with usual library markings. Partial DJ present. Name in ink on fep. Some front board weakness. This was translated from Du wirst die Edre sehn als Stern. One of Germany's top science writers probes the beginnings. progress and prospects of man's imminent first venture into space. His up-to-date and highly readable study gives a full, detailed picture of this newest frontier of science - and what it may mean to our society. "The science fiction of a few years ago has become scientific fat, and our pioneering instincts have turned to new horizons. Space conscious thinkers are haunted by the psychological, religious and social problems that will arise from man's new freedom in space. " More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Inst. Press, 1976. Quarto, 68, wraps, profusely illus., floor plans, reading list, covers scuffed, some wear to cover and spine edges. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1963. Quarto, 93, profusely illus., maps, gift ink notation (not from author), inside 2nd front flyleaf, some wear to board and spine edges. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1981. First? Edition. First? Printing. 33 cm, 319, wraps, illus., references, ink additions to table of contents, a few ink marks in margins. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, c1962. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Format is approximately 10.25 inches by 8.25 inches. 16 pages, plus covers. Illustrated (some in color). This is a college focused recruitment booklet. The date is assumed, as there was an article in Aviation Week and Space Technology of June 2, 1962 that used the phrase NASA..spearhead to space. This booklet is an invitation for college graduates with inquiring scientific minds...creative minds...to seek to join NASA's scientific and engineering staff. NASA offered rapid professional advancement, early recognition, rapid salary advancement, support for graduate study, and a choice of which NASA facilities to consider joining. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1979. Quarto, 48, wraps, illus., map, charts, tables, tear at spine, some wear to cover and spine edges, some soiling to covers. More
Place_Pub: Washington, DC: U.S. Air Force, 1990. First? Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 409, wraps, illus., footnotes, appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography, index, bookplate. More
New York: The Free Press, 1995. First Printing. 368, illus., endpaper maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, slight wear to DJ edges. More
New York: Vintage Books, 2008. First Vintage Books Edition [stated]. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. [4], xiii, [3], 587, [1] pages. Illustrations. A Note on the Name and on Terms. Notes. Significant Abbreviations used in the Notes. Bibliography and Archival Sources. Index. Corner creased at rear cover. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977) was a German (and, later, American) aerospace engineer and architect. He was the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Germany and of rocket technology and space science in the United States. Von Braun worked in Nazi Germany's rocket development program. He helped design and develop the V-2 rocket at Peenemünde during World War II. Following the war, he was secretly moved to the United States, along with about 1,600 other German scientists, engineers, and technicians, as part of Operation Paperclip. He worked for the United States Army on an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) program and he developed the rockets that launched the United States' first space satellite Explorer 1. His group was assimilated into NASA, where he served as director of the Marshall Space Flight Center and as the chief architect of the Saturn V super heavy-lift launch vehicle that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. More
Alamogordo, NM: New Mexico Museum of Space History. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Brochure. Approximately 3.75 inches by 9.5 inches, brochure printed on both sides. Illustrations (most in color). The museum features four floors of space related exhibits including an interactive space shuttle simulator, a Moon rock brought back by Apollo 17 by New Mexico Astronaut Harrison Schmitt, and special tributes to Dr. John Paul Stapp and Dr. Robert Goddard. It has a wraparound domed screen and surround sound in its theater. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. 497, wraps, illus., figures, tables, apps, biblio essay, source notes, index, some soiling, creasing, & wear to covers & spine. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. 497, illus., figures, tables, apps, bibliographical essay, source notes, index, library stamps & sticker, boards somewhat scuffed. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. 497, illus., figures, tables, apps, biblio essay, source notes, index, bds somewhat worn, scratched, & soiled, sm tear at spine. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961. First Edition. 324, illus., glossary, index, lib stamps & raised stamps, lib pocket, tape stains ins flylves, DJ in plastic sl & lib sticker. More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1962. Hardcover. 22 cm, 355 pages, illus., Former owner's stamp on title page. More
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1987. Third Printing [stated]. Hardcover. 160 pages. Illustrations. Figures. Appendix. Glossary. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Foreword by Alan Shawn Feinstein. Brian Todd O'Leary (January 27, 1940 – July 28, 2011) was an American scientist, author, and former NASA astronaut. He was part of NASA Astronaut Group 6, a group of scientist-astronauts chosen with the intention of training for the Apollo Applications Program. During his graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, O'Leary published several scientific papers on the atmosphere of Mars. O'Leary's Ph.D. thesis in 1967 was on the Martian surface. Upon finishing his Ph.D., O'Leary was chosen for a possible Human mission to Mars that NASA was planning at the time. O'Leary was the only planetary scientist-astronaut in NASA Astronaut Corps during the Apollo program. In April 1968, O'Leary left the astronaut program. Carl Sagan invited him to Cornell University in 1968, where he was a research associate and assistant professor of astronomy. More
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1957. First U.K.? Edition. 232, illus., index. More
Camden, NJ: T. Nelson, [1970]. Revised Edition. Second Printing. 23 cm, 188, illus. (some color), glossary, index, usual library markings, label on DJ spine. More
London, England/Mechanicsburg, PA: Greenhill Books/Stackplole Books, 1994. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 160 p. Illustrations. Diagrams. Glossary Greenhill Military Manuals. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1979. Book Club Edition. 525, illus., appendices, bibliography, index, some wear to board and spine edges, a few pages creased. Foreword by Wernher von Braun. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. 462, illus., appendices, bibliography, index, some wear & sm tears to DJ edges, rear DJ sl soiled. Foreword by Wernher von Braun. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1979. Book Club Edition. 525, illus., appendices, bibliography, index, some wear to spine edges, some foxing to fore-edge. Foreword by Wernher von Braun. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1979. First Edition [stated]. First Printing [stated]. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 462 pages. Illustrations. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Ex-library with usual library markings. DJ is, in a plastic sleeve, and is price clipped DJ is taped to boards. Foreword by Wernher von Braun. Frederick Ira Ordway III (April 4, 1927 – July 1, 2014) was an American space scientist and author of visionary books on spaceflight. Ordway was educated at Harvard University and completed several years of graduate study in Europe. He was a member of many leading professional societies and was the author, co-author, or editor of more than thirty books and over three hundred articles. At the time of his death he was the longest-serving member of the American Rocket Society which he joined in 1939. Ordway served as a member of the faculty at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) from 1970 to 1973, and he was awarded an honorary doctorate by UAH in 1992. More