Exploration of Space (The History of Exploration)

ISBN 10: 1848983026 / ISBN 13: 9781848983021

Published by New Forest Pr, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exploration of Space (The History of Exploration)
• Publisher: New Forest Pr
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848983026
• ISBN 13: 9781848983021
• Binding: library
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Describes how humans have attempted to explore beyond the Earth; traces the development of telescopes, rocketry, and space flight; and profiles notable astronomers, inventors, and astronauts.

About the Author

Felicity Trotman was born in Belfast, moving to Wiltshire as a child. Having studied graphic design, and taken a History degree, she worked in publishing. She was a fiction editor at Puffin and at Macmillan Children s Books. Eventually turning freelance, she added history and military history to her children s speciality though she admits that she prefers firing guns to writing about them. She is a churchwarden, school governor, and has spent many happy years as a member of the English Civil War Society.