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Topic: Cosmonauts: Birth of a Space Age (Douglas Millard)
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cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 04-09-2014 02:10 PM
   
Cosmonauts: Birth of a Space Age
Edited by Douglas Millard For decades, the story of the world's first space-faring nation has been underplayed in the West. Now, for the first time, the remarkable account of Russia's space programme will be brought to light. This book accompanies a landmark exhibition at the Science Museum, London, which represents a major collaboration with the Moscow State Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics and the Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos. Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see objects that have never before left Russia, including rockets that launched the space age, actual craft that carried humans into space, the spacesuits, equipment and personal mementos of those who flew, alongside stunning artworks that articulated Russia's longing for space. But this is far more than simply a book of exceptional objects; it is also a book of incredible stories. These are the stories of the people who dreamt of early space exploration, those who made it happen, those who risked their lives to experience it and those who continue its legacy today. - Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd (September 2015)
- ISBN-10: 1857599020
- ISBN-13: 978-1857599022
See this topic for discussion of the Science Museum exhibit. |
OLDIE
Member Posts: 267
From: Portsmouth, England
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 04-10-2014 02:27 AM
Thanks for the heads-up. I'm looking forward to the exhibition and the book. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-17-2015 10:18 AM
The book is now available "to all UK mainland addresses and UK offshore locations" (Isle of Man, Scottish offshore isles, Northern Ireland, Inner Hebrides) for order through the museum's website. |
BA002
Member Posts: 175
From: Utrecht,NL
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 09-17-2015 03:21 PM
And if you scroll down a bit further on the page you'll see that they also deliver to the EU. However, at £19.95 it might be cheaper to try to find a low cost plane ticket and pick it up in London yourself.  |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-18-2015 04:58 AM
True, but Switzerland is not a member of the EU, contrary to all of its neighbours (!)...so I'm screwed if I may dare say so. |
OLDIE
Member Posts: 267
From: Portsmouth, England
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 09-19-2015 04:19 PM
The book is quite a large tome. If it had more pictures, one might call it a "coffee table" book. As it contains a much larger amount of textual material relative to pictorial material, it is probably more of a "gathering dust" type of book. Had the publishers cut the price by a third, I might have bought it (and certainly would have bought it if they'd cut the text by a third as well). |
Wehaveliftoff
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Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 09-19-2015 09:07 PM
I'd rather have a most complete edition than a far too conveniently edited one. The more the merrier, especially foreign-related content. |
Spoon
Member Posts: 143
From: Cumbria, UK
Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-21-2015 04:21 AM
I guess it depends on how interested the reader is in the Soviet manned spaceflight program.The book has many interviews with participants: from spacesuit designer Sergei Pozdnyakov, Salyut 7 cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Nataliya Koroleva reminisces about her father Sergei, as examples. Asif Siddiqi contributes a chapter on the Russian relationship with the cosmos while there is a chapter on Tsiolkovsky by the director of his museum. The daughter of Valentina Tereshkova discusses her mother as a cosmonaut with reflections from the woman herself. The book is illustrated throughout with fascinating photos and images, a lot of them rarely seen. A really good companion to the exhibition which I am looking forward to seeing in a couple of weeks time. |
OLDIE
Member Posts: 267
From: Portsmouth, England
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 09-30-2015 03:39 AM
In my earlier reply I meant to infer that it would have been nice to have a more affordable (and well illustrated) catalogue of the exhibits only, as well as the larger comprehensive book. There are, after all, other books around in which to read about the background to the Russian space programme. |
DougS
Member Posts: 63
From: Marion, Iowa
Registered: Jun 2013
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posted 10-02-2015 02:28 PM
I see Amazon has reduced the price for the hardcover version. They have it for $50.I went and pre-ordered it. The Science Museum shop has the paperback version for $45 (US dollars) and is only available in the EU. So I couldn't pass it up! |
space4u
Member Posts: 323
From: Cleveland, OH USA
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 10-02-2015 04:34 PM
Thanks for the tip Doug. I wanted one but not in EU either. |
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