LoginStrange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons
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Now a CBS All Access series created by Mark Heyman with executive producer Ridley Scott.
ROCKET SCIENTIST KILLED IN PASADENA EXPLOSIONscreamed the headline of the Los Angeles Times. John Parsons, a maverick rocketeer who helped transform the rocket from a derided sci-fi plot line into a reality, was at first mourned as a scientific prodigy. But reporters soon uncovered a more shocking story: Parsons had been a devotee of black magic.
George Pendle re-creates the world of John Parsons in this dazzling portrait of prewar superstition, cold war paranoia, and futuristic possibility. Fueled by childhood dreams of space flight, P
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Manufacturer: Mariner Books
Release date: 6 February 2006
ISBN-10 : 0156031795 | ISBN-13: 9780156031790
Release date: 6 February 2006
ISBN-10 : 0156031795 | ISBN-13: 9780156031790
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