Robert Hutchings Goddard: Pioneer of Rocketry and Space Flight

The Makers of Modern Science set profiles the lives and achievements of those men and women who made great contributions to scientific knowledge in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.In clear prose, free of technical jargon, each scientist's achievements are fully examined, including the scientific principles underlying his or her work. Each volume draws upon primary source materials to depict the human drama of science, conveying the excitement and frustration of research, as well as the exhilaration and rewards of discovery.Here is the exciting life and career of the American rocket pioneer known as the "Father of Modern Rocketry" -- a visionary whose work laid the foundation for the technology that eventually put people in space.Coil, Suzanne M. is the author of 'Robert Hutchings Goddard: Pioneer of Rocketry and Space Flight' with ISBN 9780816025916 and ISBN 0816025916.