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The Right Stuff "Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book Review)Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most
| Title | : | The Right Stuff |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.73 (965 Votes) |
| Id Book | : | 0312427565 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2008-03-04 |
| Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
From "America's nerviest journalist" (Newsweek)--a breath-taking epic, a magnificent adventure story, and an investigation into the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. "Tom Wolfe at his very best" (The New York Times Book Review)Millions of words have poured forth about man's trip to the moon, but until now few people have had a sense of the most engrossing side of the adventure; namely, what went on in the minds of the astronauts themselves - in space, on the moon, and even during certain odysseys on earth. It is this, the inner life of the astronauts, that Tom Wolfe describes with his almost uncanny empathetic powers, that made The Right Stuff a classic.
Truly enjoyed this book. These early astronauts basically overnight changed from being a anonymous pilots to lived their lives in the public eye.
The very entertaining way in which Tom Wolfe presents his view on their lives and the program stands the test of time, although the book looses (at least) one star due to the at times rather one-sighted comments and conclusions (like in the case of Gus Grissom). A very interesting life story and everyday life of a top neurosurgeon is revealed here. At the time of publishing, besides the official NASA press releases there was very little information available to the public about the early US astronaut program, and as such this book represented an interesting look behind the scenes of a very public and at the same time rather secretive part of modern US history. Interesting for a geneticist to see the application of genetic evolutionary algorithms to the evolution of complex mechanisms - who knew that evolution apples to internal com
The very entertaining way in which Tom Wolfe presents his view on their lives and the program stands the test of time, although the book looses (at least) one star due to the at times rather one-sighted comments and conclusions (like in the case of Gus Grissom). A very interesting life story and everyday life of a top neurosurgeon is revealed here. At the time of publishing, besides the official NASA press releases there was very little information available to the public about the early US astronaut program, and as such this book represented an interesting look behind the scenes of a very public and at the same time rather secretive part of modern US history. Interesting for a geneticist to see the application of genetic evolutionary algorithms to the evolution of complex mechanisms - who knew that evolution apples to internal com
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