EXPLORATION OF SPACE by Jastrow, R. (ed) reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

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EXPLORATION OF SPACE

by Jastrow, R. (ed)

New York, 1960: Macmillan Co., 160 pages, $5.95

Exploration of Space consists of the papers presented at the 1959 symposium on space physics sponsored by the US National Academy of Sciences, the NASA, and the American Physical Society. Among the topics are solid particles in the Solar System, plasma and magnetic fields in the Solar System, geomagnetically trapped corpuscular radiation, the Moon, Mars and Venus, rocket astronomy, astronomy from satellites and space vehicles, and the outer atmospheres of the Earth and planets.


Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III