@article{287654,
      author = {Pendle, George,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/287654},
      title = {Strange angel : the otherworldly life of rocket scientist  John Whiteside Parsons /},
      publisher = {Harcourt,},
      abstract = {A lonely misfit born into a wealthy Pasadena family, as a  boy Parsons read science fiction and launched rockets in  his backyard. By his early twenties, he was a leader of  Caltech's "Suicide Squad," the motley band of young  enthusiasts who founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. But  his visionary imagination also led him into the occult  community thriving in 1930s Los Angeles, and when fantasy's  pull became stronger than reality, he lost both his work  and his wife. With a cast of characters that includes  Aleister Crowley, Howard Hughes, L. Ron Hubbard, Robert  Heinlein, Theodore von Kármán, and Albert Einstein, this  book recovers a fascinating life and explores the unruly  consequences of genius.},
      recid = {287654},
      pages = {350 p. :},
      address = {Orlando, Fla. :},
      year = {2005},
}