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Book Title: Rocket Dreams : How the Space Age Shaped Our Vision of a WORLD Beyond
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Marina Benjamin
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General, Popular Culture, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Publisher: Free Press
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Social Science
Item Weight: 9.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
