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Sputnik, Scientists, and Eisenhower: A Memoir
by James R. Killian, Jr
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0262110660
- ISBN 13
- 9780262110662
- Seller
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About This Item
Sputnik, Scientists, and Eisenhower: A Memoir of the First Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology by James R. Killian, Jr. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts (U.S.A.), 1977. First Edition. 315p. 6.25x1.25x9.25. Black cloth with spine titles in silver. Dust jacket is gray with titles in white. VERY GOOD in "VERY GOOD minus" dust jacket. Clean, tightly bound book with gentle bumps to spine ends and slight fading to the titles. Dust jacket is intact with rubs, chips, frayed corner edges, and faint spots verso.
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- Bookseller
- Paper.incarnate.Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 96
- Title
- Sputnik, Scientists, and Eisenhower
- Author
- James R. Killian, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0262110660
- ISBN 13
- 9780262110662
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1977
- Pages
- 315
- Size
- 625x1.25x9.25
- Keywords
- Cold War Memoirs, U.S.A. Science & Technology
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- Spine
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