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Readers may be interested to know about Paul Dickson's [i]A Dictionary of the Space Age[/i]. This newest book published by Johns Hopkins University Press' New Series in NASA History is an unusually compelling, useful, and readable reference work. A greatly updated and expanded version of [i]The Origins of NASA Names[/i] (NASA SP-4402, 1976), this new volume by an experienced lexicographer employs an Oxford English Dictionary-style approach to explain the etymology and first usage of both familiar and esoteric aerospace terms of the last half-century. More details, including ordering information, [URL=http://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/ecom/MasterServlet/GetItemDetailsHandler?iN=9780801891151&qty=1&viewMode=3&loggedIN=false&JavaScript=y]are online[/URL].
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