Countdown

<p><b>T. A. Heppenheimer’s acclaimed chronicle of rockets, politics, and the pioneers who dared to reach beyond humanity’s limits.</b></p> <p>”The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and best written history of space flight there is.”<br />—<b><i>The Times (London)</i></b></p> <p>”A lively account of the development of space activities in the U.S. and the Soviet Union . . . as good a one-volume overview of space as exists.”<br />—<b><i>Scientific American</i></b></p> <p>”Countdown is by far the best history of space flight I have ever read. It is detailed, lucidly written for the layman, and full of fascinating stories.”<br />—<b>Adrian Berry</b>, <i>Daily Telegraph</i></p> <p>”Science writer Heppenheimer’s readable account provides a timely historical overview of the early visionaries, the engineers, and the geopolitical forces that placed men on the moon and created today’s aerospace industry. . . . A thoughtful analysis that is highly recommended.”<br />—<b><i>Library Journal</i></b></p> <p>”By far the most significant and technically insightful account of the ventures into the space environment I have seen. . . . [Heppenheimer] concentrates unerringly on key elements, both technical and managerial, in this account of man’s initial space ventures.”<br />—<b>Lee Atwood</b>, Former president and chairman, North American Aviation Corporation</p> <p>”Like a skilled artisan, Heppenheimer weaves social, political, scientific, technological, military, and economic threads of the history of space flight into a tapestry that reveals fascinating patterns and themes.”<br />—<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b></p>