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Chang, Iris

 
9780465006786: Thread of the Silkworm
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ISBN 10: 0465006787 ISBN 13: 9780465006786
Editorial: Basic Books, 1996

Sinopsis

The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became—to America's continuing chagrin—the father of the Chinese missile program.

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Acerca del autor

Iris Chang lived and worked in California. She was a journalism graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana and worked briefly as a reporter in Chicago before winning a graduate fellowship to the writing seminars program at The Johns Hopkins University. Her first book, Thread of the Silkworm (the story of Tsien Hsue-shen, father of the People's Republic of China's missile program) received world-wide critical acclaim. She is the recipient of the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation's Program on Peace and International Cooperation award, as well as major grants from the National Science Foundation, the Pacific Cultural Foundation, and the Harry Truman Library. She passed away in 2004.

De la contraportada

Thread of the Silkworm tells the story of one of the most monumental blunders the United States committed during its era of McCarthyism. It is the biography of Dr.Tsien Hsue-shen, a pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a Communist and deported to China, where he became-to America's continuing chagrin-the father of the Chinese missile program.

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Editorial
Basic Books
Año de publicación
1996
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0465006787
ISBN 13 
9780465006786
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
383
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
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