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內容簡介 Anexhilarating dive into the secret history of humankind's race to the moon, fromacclaimed author Amy Cherrix. This fascinating and immersive read is perfect forfans of Steve Sheinkin's Bomb and M. T. Anderson's Symphony for the City ofthe Dead. You've heard of the space race, but doyou know the whole story? The most ambitious race humankind hasever undertaken was masterminded in the shadows by two engineers on oppositesides of the Cold War--Wernher von Braun, a former Nazi officer living in theUS, and Sergei Korolev, a Russian rocket designer once jailed for crimesagainst his country--and your textbooks probably never told you. Von Braun became an American hero, recognizedthe world over, while Korolev toiled in obscurity. These two brilliantrocketeers never met, but together they shaped the science of spaceflight and redefinedmodern warfare. From Stalin's brutal Gulag prisons and Hitler's concentrationcamps to Cape Canaveral and beyond, their simultaneous quests pushedscience--and human ingenuity--to the breaking point. From Amy Cherrix comes the extraordinaryhidden story of the space race and the bitter rivalry that launched humankindto the moon.
