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Ignition! : An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants by John Drury Clark; Isaac Asimov is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Ignition! : An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants about?

This newly reissued debut book in the Rutgers University Press Classics Imprint is the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. This search was a hazardous enterprise carried out by rival labs who worked against the known laws of nature, with no guarantee of success or safety. Acclaimed scientist and sci-fi author John Drury Clark writes with irreverent and eyewitness immediacy about the development of the explosive fuels strong enough to negate the relentless restraints of gravity. The resulting volume is as much a memoir as a work of history, sharing a behind-the-scenes view of an enterprise which eventually took men to the moon, missiles to the planets, and satellites to outer space. A classic work in the history of science, and described as “a good book on rocket stuff...that’s a really fun one” by SpaceX founder Elon Musk, readers will want to get their hands on this influential classic, available for the first time in decades.

Who reads Ignition! : An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants?

Author

John Drury Clark; Isaac Asimov

Publisher

Rutgers University Press Classics

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813599175

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Science, Engineering

Rating

4.23 / 5 (288 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14