Men of Space by Shirley Thomas
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A series of books published between 1960 and 1968 by noted journalist and commentator Shirley Thomas, featuring biographies of some of the preeminent space scientists of the era. Published in eight volumes by Chilton of Philadelphia. Thomas worked through a list of 450 names to condense her books down to the following candidates.
Volume 1
- Krafft A. Ehricke
- Wernher von Braun
- Robert H. Goddard
- John von Neumann
- Charles E. Yeager
- John P. Stapp
- Bernard A. Schriever
- Theodore von Karman
- James A. van Allen
- Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky
Volume 2
- Fred L. Whipple
- Walter R. Dornberger
- Hugh L. Dryden
- Thomas F. Dixon
- Simon Ramo
- Edward Teller
- William H. Pickering
- A. Scott Crossfield
- W. Randolph Lovelace
- Robert C. Truax
Volume 3
- Alan B Shepard
- James H. Doolittle
- Yuri Gagarin
- C.Stark Draper
- Louis G. Dunn
- Don D. Flickinger
- Arthur Kantrowitz
- William F. Raborn Jr
- Harold Ritchey
- Holger N. Toftoy
Volume 4
- Jack Armstrong
- Robert Gilruth
- Samuel Herrick
- John R. Pierce
- Malcolm Ross
- William Shockley
- Harrison Storms
- Hubertus Strughold
Volume 5
- John H. Glenn, Jr.
- Albert R. Hibbs
- Richard B. Kershner
- Homer E. Newell
- L. Eugene Root
- Robert C. Seamans, Jr,
- Charles H. Townes
- Roger S. Warner, Jr.
Volume 6
- Philip H. Abelson
- Melvin Calvin
- Frank D. Drake
- Sidney W. Fox
- John C. Lilly
- Stanley L. Miller
- Orr E. Reynolds
- Carl Sagan
- Harold C. Urey
- Wolf Vishniac
Volume 7
- Joseph V. Charyk
- Robert F. Freitag
- Herbert Friedman
- Harry J. Goett
- Virgil I. Grissom
- Andrew G. Haley
- James P. Henry
- Robert J. Parks
- Donald L. Putt
- Edward S. Welsh
Volume 8
- R.L.F. Boyd
- G.K.C. Pardoe
- Max Mayer
- Jacob Ackert
- Pierre Auger
- Jacques Blamont
- Arthur C. Clarke
- A.V. Cleaver
- Jean Coulomb
- Robert Esnault-Pelterie
- Bernard Lovell
- Harrie Massey
- Pierre Morel
- Marcel Nicolet
- Hermann Oberth
- Guido von Pirquet
- Eugen Sanger
- Leslie R. Shepherd
Advisory Committee for the series included:
- Holger N. Toftoy
- Styles Bridges
- James H. Doolittle
- Howard W. Cannon
- Eugene M. Emme
- James G. Fulton
- Marvin W. McFarland
- Grayson Merrill
- Frank Pace Jr.
- Charles S. Sheldon II
- Frank E. Sorenson
- George P. Miller
- W. Stuart Symington
