Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Title: Introductory Flight an Introduction to Astronautics
Description: London, Temple Press Limited, 1950. First edition. Cloth. The first edition Arthur C. Clarke's influential work on space exploration. Part of the 'Technical Trends Series' of books. With sixteen full page monochrome plates, and many demonstrative vignettes throughout. Arthur C. Clarke was a British science fiction writer and inventor, who is widely regarded as a key figure in the popularisation of space travel. His screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, which was co-written with Stanley Kubrick, is considered to be one of the most influential films of all time. For many years Arthur C. Clarke, along with Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asmiov, were considered the 'Big Three' of science fiction writing. Clarke also wrote a number of extremely influential non-fiction works. Interplanetary Flight was Clarke's first work of non-fiction and is a short introduction to space exploration. The work was written to be accessible to readers with a high school level of scientific education. It also contains a short mathematical appendix for readers not familiar with some of the included formulae. In a blue cloth binding in the original price clipped dustwrapper. Externally very smart with some slight shelfwear to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. Slight sunning to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. Dustwrapper is price clipped. Dustwrapper is smart with some slight chipping to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. Handling marks to the wrap. Spine is sunned. Archival tape reinforcement to the reverse of the wrap at the head of the spine. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just some marginal age toning. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Space Exploration Apollo Program Space 2001: A Space Odyssey Apollo Program None


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