“andrew l chaikin”

This acclaimed portrait of heroism and ingenuity captures a watershed moment in human history. The astronauts themselves have called it the definitive account of their missions. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Based on ... More

Written by one of the world's foremost scientific journalists and space historians, Andrew Chaikin, and with 400 images from all the major space agencies including rare images from Russia, Space is a visually stunning and enlightening book about a pivotal and hugely exciting period in history.... More

The most thrilling of all journeys--the missions of the Apollo astronauts to the surface of the Moon and back--yielded 32,000 extraordinarily beautiful photographs, the record of a unique human achievement. Until recently, only a handful of these photographs had been released for publication; but no... More

Evocative, dramatic and fascinating, "Space" is a brilliant collection of more than 300 images that pay tribute to and trace the history of space exploration, from the "Space Race" of the Cold War to the shuttle missions.""The photographs in this book capture a vision of the Heavens and our Earth wi... More

The quest for Mars is chronicled by bestselling author Andrew Chaikin in this story of a passionate band of Earthbound explorers caught in the irresistible pull of the Red Planet. They include celebrated figures: astronomer Carl Sagan, who champions the idea of life on Mars-; rocket scientist Wernhe... More

"The American Ideology" explicates and criticizes two notions of reason in society: efficiency and the concept of "the reasonable." Despite their considerable appeal, these notions nowadays underwrite an orientation towards public policy that is both inadequate and beneficial to elite interests; an ... More

A year's worth of the most interesting, noteworthy, and best-written articles on all aspects of the business world. "Amid Global Turmoil, Wild Times in Trading Afghanis" by Daniel Pearl, from "The Wall Street Journal" "Bidding War" by James B. Stewart, from "The New Yorker""This Little Slinky Goes t... More