000393343 000__ 01841cam\a2200349\a\4500 000393343 001__ 393343 000393343 005__ 20210513140312.0 000393343 006__ m\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\ 000393343 007__ cr\cn||||||||| 000393343 008__ 070301s2007\\\\iaua\\\\sb\\\s001\0beng\\ 000393343 010__ $$z 2007008870 000393343 020__ $$z9780877459996 (cloth : alk. paper) 000393343 020__ $$z0877459991 (cloth : alk. paper) 000393343 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354642 000393343 035__ $$a(OCoLC)646888993 000393343 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000393343 043__ $$an-us-ia 000393343 05014 $$aQB36.V357$$bF64 2007eb 000393343 08204 $$a523.01092$$aB$$222 000393343 1001_ $$aFoerstner, Abigail,$$d1949- 000393343 24510 $$aJames Van Allen$$h[electronic resource] :$$bthe first eight billion miles /$$cAbigail Foerstner. 000393343 260__ $$aIowa City :$$bUniversity of Iowa Press,$$cc2007. 000393343 300__ $$axx, 322 p. :$$bill. ;$$c25 cm. 000393343 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-306) and index. 000393343 5050_ $$aFrontier roots -- Heartland boyhood -- The making of a scientist -- Physicists to the war effort -- Enter Abigail Fithian Halsey -- The dawn of space exploration -- The mighty little aerobee -- It's a rocket! It's a balloon! It's a rockoon! -- Sputnik and the space race -- Countdown to explorer I -- Celebrity scientist and the birth of NASA -- Discovery of the radiation belts -- Space shield for the Cold War -- Space as a cottage industry -- The mariners -- Pioneers to the outer planets -- Space politics -- Journey to the edge of the solar system. 000393343 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000393343 60010 $$aVan Allen, James A.$$q(James Alfred),$$d1914-2006. 000393343 650_0 $$aAstrophysicists$$zIowa$$vBiography. 000393343 655_7 $$aElectronic books.$$2lcsh 000393343 85280 $$bebk$$hProquest Ebook Central Academic Complete 000393343 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10354642$$zOnline Access 000393343 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:393343$$pGLOBAL_SET 000393343 980__ $$aEBOOK 000393343 980__ $$aBIB 000393343 982__ $$aEbook 000393343 983__ $$aOnline