Title: The Science Fiction of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (Paperback or Softback)
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific 10/20/2000
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0898750059
ISBN 13: 9780898750058
Binding: Paperback or Softback
Condition: New
Weight: 1.32 pounds
Book Type: Book

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The Science Fiction of Konstanin Tsiolkovsky. The first time a complete collection of his science fiction has been published outside the Soviet Union. Tsiolkovsky - Man of Vision - was one of the very first science fiction writers. He was considered by the Russians to be the father of the theory of jet-propulsion and interplanetary travel. Fascinating reading.

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A pioneering Russian aeronautical theorist and writer, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky is the father of the Soviet space program. He built the first wind tunnel and solved fundamental problems about space travel, such as use of liquid rocket fuel, long before such activity was feasible. Although he was unappreciated in his lifetime, Sputnik's launch was made to coincide with his centennial. His works and his ideas have become the scientific basis of the modern theory of jet propulsion. He foresaw the significance of jet propulsion and the conquest of the stratosphere, of flights at supersonic speeds.

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's tombstone bears the following prophetic words inscribed under the bas-relief of a rocket: "Mankind will not remain on the earth forever, but, in search of light and space, will at first timidly penetrate beyond the limits of the atmosphere and then finally conquer the spaces of the solar system."

The editor, Adam Starchild is the author of numerous business books, editor of an anthology of Russian science fiction, a member of the Extropy Institute, and a life member of the Lighter-Than-Air Society, the World Future Society and the Libertarian Futurist Society.

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