"An account of the activities at the Houston Space Center during the Apollo 11 moon landings, and the events afterwards among the scientists connected to the program. Henry S.F. Cooper takes you to the Lunar Receiving Station and reports what the scientists did with the rocks and how their discoveries either upheld or overturned competing theories. Being a scientific reporter, Henry gives you the scientific facts about the rocks and the human drama that unfolded when scientists with competing theories met and discussed their findings."
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 19154740-75
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 19160357-6
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0689819080I3N10
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket. Seller Inventory # 116943
Seller: Epilonian Books, Manhattan Beach, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The Dial Press, New York [Published date: 1970]. Hardcover, 197 pp, plus 8 unnumbered pages of black-and-white photograph reproductions; 22 cm. Stated first printing, 1970. Good in good dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards lettered in silver on spine; some bumping, nicking, and scuffing to cloth along edges of covers, and some light overall soiling to covers as well. Binding tight. Discoloration from paste residue on front free endpaper and light toning to interior pages; otherwise pages are unmarked. Dust jacket features color micrograph images of lunar rocks (front and rear). Light shelfwear, a few small edge tears, and mild toning to flaps; not price clipped ($5.95). Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. [From front jacket flap] With the amount of attention that has been paid to piloting and engineering aspects of the recent Apollo moon landings, very little has been noted for the public of the scientific mission: the new knowledge and materials the astronauts brought back to Earth on their historic voyages. Following up his acclaimed anticipation of the moon landings, Apollo on the Moon, Henry S. F. Cooper, Jr., here reports, in the intimate form of a diary-journal, on what was going on at the Houston Space Center during the Apollo 11 mission and what occurred afterward among the scientists connected with the program. How did selenologists react to the often contradictory data furnished them day by day as to the nature and geological history of the Moon? What preparations were made for receiving the precious moon rocks, how were they handled, and what has been discovered from them? Mr. Cooper takes up these questions not from a remote or after-the-fact position, but as a direct witness to the euphoria and disappointments, the actions and exclamations, of the scientists participating in this most exciting event of their professional lives. Through the observations and intelligence of a masterful reporter, in terms wholly comprehensible to the layman, we share in a moment of unprecedented scientific discovery. Contents include: Author's Note; Some Conclusions: Washington, Sept 15 1969; Previews: June 25-July 20 1969; On the Moon: July 20 1969; Preparations: July 20-25; The First Rocks; P.E.T. Work I and II; Scattering; Interlude: Apollo 12; The Moon in Houston: Jan 5-8 1970; Appendix. Seller Inventory # 20251105003
Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. B & W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 197 pages; 1970 The Dial Press. HC/DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Tightly bound and fresh in crisp edged color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $5.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Prior ownership of Luis Freile penned at front and dated 1974. Freile was the chief cartographer repsonsible for the highly regarded Map of the Moon issued by Rand McNally in 1969. It was the first detailed lunar map available for sale to the public. Sharp fresh copy feels and appears about as new. Illustrated with some b&w photos. NF/NF. Seller Inventory # 51319
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 21W29_40_0689819080
Seller: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. Seller Inventory # 0689819080
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-0689819080