The Story Of Jodrell Bank Author: Lovell, Bernard Place: London Publisher: Oxford University Press Date: 1968 Description: 265 pp. Extensively illustrated with photographs. Original cloth in dust jacket. Second Printing. Also includes 2 issues of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society: C. A. Cross, “Report of Visit to Jodrell Bank Radio Experimental Station”, Pp. 41-43 in Journal… LVI, January 1954. R. C. Jennison, “The Radio Exploration of Space”, Pp. 307-311 in Journal… LXVII, Nov.-Dec. 1955 (Ex-Giannini Research Laboratory Library). With an important inscription by Lovell, world-famous astronomer, “To His Excellency, Mr. J. H. Warren On the occasion of his visit to Jodrell Bank. 13 April 1973, with best wishes from the author, Bernard Lovell.” Warren was the Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and later Canada’s Ambassador to the United States. The Jodrell Bank Observatory was home of the largest British telescope, finished in 1957. It performed vital functions during and after the Sputnik era, facilitating communication with satellites and spacecraft. In this book, Lovell recounts the many problems of his Observatory’s affiliation with the American space program; ironically, how he himself nearly sank the Apollo launch, after a visit to Moscow, by revealing that the Russians did not intend active competition with the US to land men on the moon. He caused another stir – posthumously – by alleging that the Russians had tried to assassinate him by lethal radiation on that same 1963 visit because his Observatory was able to give early warning of Soviet nuclear attacks. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket front flap clipped; very good. Item number: 319737a
The Story Of Jodrell Bank Author: Lovell, Bernard Place: London Publisher: Oxford University Press Date: 1968 Description: 265 pp. Extensively illustrated with photographs. Original cloth in dust jacket. Second Printing. Also includes 2 issues of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society: C. A. Cross, “Report of Visit to Jodrell Bank Radio Experimental Station”, Pp. 41-43 in Journal… LVI, January 1954. R. C. Jennison, “The Radio Exploration of Space”, Pp. 307-311 in Journal… LXVII, Nov.-Dec. 1955 (Ex-Giannini Research Laboratory Library). With an important inscription by Lovell, world-famous astronomer, “To His Excellency, Mr. J. H. Warren On the occasion of his visit to Jodrell Bank. 13 April 1973, with best wishes from the author, Bernard Lovell.” Warren was the Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and later Canada’s Ambassador to the United States. The Jodrell Bank Observatory was home of the largest British telescope, finished in 1957. It performed vital functions during and after the Sputnik era, facilitating communication with satellites and spacecraft. In this book, Lovell recounts the many problems of his Observatory’s affiliation with the American space program; ironically, how he himself nearly sank the Apollo launch, after a visit to Moscow, by revealing that the Russians did not intend active competition with the US to land men on the moon. He caused another stir – posthumously – by alleging that the Russians had tried to assassinate him by lethal radiation on that same 1963 visit because his Observatory was able to give early warning of Soviet nuclear attacks. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket front flap clipped; very good. Item number: 319737a
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