The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space

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Anchor Books, 1982 - 342 pagina's

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A Letter from Space
1
The Planetary Hangup
29
Islands in Space
63
Copyright

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Over de auteur (1982)

Gerard O'Neill was the editor of the Boston Globe's Spotlight Team, one of the nation's top investigative reporting units, for 25 years. He worked for the Globe from 1966 to 1991, He holds a master¿s in journalism from Boston University. His many awards include a Pulitzer Prize, the Hancock award, and the Loeb award. He is the co-author of The Underboss: The Rise and Fall of a Mafia Family and Black Mass, which won the MWA's 2000 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. His new book is Rogues and Redeemers: When Politics Was King in Irish Boston (2015). He lives in Back Bay with his wife, Janet and has two sons.

Bibliografische gegevens

TitelThe High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space
AuteurGerard K. O'Neill
Editiegeïllustreerd
UitgeverAnchor Books, 1982
Oorspronkelijk uitde University of California
Gedigitaliseerd23 mei 2008
ISBN0385182325, 9780385182324
Lengte342 pagina's
  
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