Space Travel: Ten Short Lessons
- ISBN-10
- 1421439743
- ISBN-13
- 9781421439747
- Series
- Space Travel
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-09-08
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Author
- Paul Parsons
Description
Broken down into ten simple lessons and written by leading experts in their field, the books reveal the ten most important takeaways from those areas of science we should all know more about.
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