All About Satellites and Space Ships by Dietz, David - 1958

New York: Random House, 1958. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good/Good. George Wilde. [4], 164, [1] pages. Illustrated endpaper. Illustrations (photographs and drawings). Index. This is one of the Allabout books, No. 28. David Dietz (né David Henry Dietz; 6 October 1897 Cleveland - 9 December 1984 Cleveland) was an American science journalist and author. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1937. Dietz attended Case Western Reserve University and received his bachelor's degree in 1919. In 1921 he took a position as science editor for the Scripps-Howard Newspapers, a job he kept until his retirement in 1977. From 1927 until his retirement he was a lecturer in general science at his alma mater. Dietz was a member of the Publicity Committee of the United States National Research Council's Division of Medical Science and of Harvard University's Institute on War Problems, and was a consultant to the U. S. Army Surgeon General from 1944 to 1947. He served as science correspondent for NBC News from 1940-1950, and was heard on Morgan Beatty News of the World over 181 stations. Derived from a Kirkus review: Another All About book, this careful text, clearly illustrated by George Wilde, does, in fact, what its title suggests. The evolution of the satellite from its origin as a firecracker through its various stages as a rocket, the theoretical concepts which underlie space travel, the mechanical devices employed, the prospects for future space travel, the problems involved, all are clearly and emphatically stated. David Dietz, in his investigation of this particularly timely and alluring area of physics should appeal to any enthusiast of high school science.