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050 00 a| QB36.V357b| F64 2007;

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100 1 a| Foerstner, Abigail,d| 1949-=| ^A757334;

245 10 a| James Van Allen :b| the first eight billion miles /c| Abigail Foerstner.;

300 a| xx, 322 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-306) and index.;

505 0 a| Frontier roots -- Heartland boyhood -- The making of a scientist -- Physicists to the war effort -- Enter Abigail Fithian Halsey -- The dawn of space exploration -- The mighty little aerobee -- It's a rocket! It's a balloon! It's a rockoon! -- Sputnik and the space race -- Countdown to explorer I -- Celebrity scientist and the birth of NASA -- Discovery of the radiation belts -- Space shield for the Cold War -- Space as a cottage industry -- The mariners -- Pioneers to the outer planets -- Space politics -- Journey to the edge of the solar system.;

600 10 a| Van Allen, James A.q| (James Alfred),d| 1914-2006.=| ^A128135;

650 0 a| Astrophysicistsz| Iowav| Biography.=| ^A834300;

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James Van Allen : the first eight billion miles / Abigail Foerstner.

Author/creator	Foerstner, Abigail, 1949-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2007.
Description	xx, 322 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Subjects	Van Allen, James A. (James Alfred), 1914-2006. Astrophysicists--Iowa. --Biography.

Contents	Frontier roots -- Heartland boyhood -- The making of a scientist -- Physicists to the war effort -- Enter Abigail Fithian Halsey -- The dawn of space exploration -- The mighty little aerobee -- It's a rocket! It's a balloon! It's a rockoon! -- Sputnik and the space race -- Countdown to explorer I -- Celebrity scientist and the birth of NASA -- Discovery of the radiation belts -- Space shield for the Cold War -- Space as a cottage industry -- The mariners -- Pioneers to the outer planets -- Space politics -- Journey to the edge of the solar system.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-306) and index.
LCCN	2007008870
ISBN	9780877459996 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0877459991 (cloth : alk. paper)

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