Strange angel : the otherworldly life of rocket scientist John Whiteside Parsons / George Pendle.
Strange angel : the otherworldly life of rocket scientist John Whiteside Parsons / George Pendle.
Strange angel : the otherworldly life of rocket scientist John Whiteside Parsons / George Pendle.
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Publisher
Orlando : Harcourt, 2005.
Date
2005.
Call Numbers
N621.4356/5
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
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Publisher
Orlando : Harcourt, 2005.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Florida
Date Published
2005.
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Summary
"Yet the wild imagination that fueled his science was also leading Parsons into the occult - for if he could make rocketry a reality, why not magic? As his dabblings became devotion, fantasy's pull became stronger than reality's, and he lost both his work and his wife (not to mention his girlfriend, who ran off with L. Ron Hubbard)." "With a cast o...
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Strange angel : the otherworldly life of rocket scientist John Whiteside Parsons / George Pendle.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N621.4356/5
Record Identifier
74VKP3VwANoy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKP3VwANoy
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ISBN
015100997X
DDC
621.4356092
MMS ID
991019617559702626
