000287654 000__ 01933cam\a22003494a\45\0 000287654 001__ 287654 000287654 005__ 20210513105606.0 000287654 008__ 040506s2005\\\\flua\\\\\b\\\\001\0beng\\ 000287654 010__ $$a 2004010666 000287654 020__ $$a015100997X 000287654 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm55149255 000287654 035__ $$a287654 000287654 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dBUR 000287654 042__ $$apcc 000287654 043__ $$an-us--- 000287654 049__ $$aISEA 000287654 05000 $$aTL781.85.P37$$bP46 2005 000287654 08200 $$a621.43/56/092$$aB$$222 000287654 1001_ $$aPendle, George,$$d1976- 000287654 24510 $$aStrange angel :$$bthe otherworldly life of rocket scientist John Whiteside Parsons /$$cGeorge Pendle. 000287654 250__ $$a1st ed. 000287654 260__ $$aOrlando, Fla. :$$bHarcourt,$$cc2005. 000287654 300__ $$a350 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm. 000287654 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-333) and index. 000287654 520__ $$aA 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. 000287654 60010 $$aParsons, Jack,$$d1914-1952. 000287654 650_0 $$aRocketry$$zUnited States$$vBiography. 000287654 650_0 $$aOccultists$$zUnited States$$vBiography. 000287654 650_0 $$aAeronautical engineers$$zUnited States$$vBiography. 000287654 85200 $$bgen$$hTL781.85.P37$$iP46$$i2005 000287654 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/har051/2004010666.html 000287654 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/har051/2004010666.html 000287654 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:287654$$pGLOBAL_SET 000287654 980__ $$aBIB 000287654 980__ $$aBOOK 000287654 994__ $$aC0$$bISE