RINGS AROUND THE WORLD by Gartmann, H. reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III
From The Space Library
RINGS AROUND THE WORLD
by Gartmann, H.
New York, 1959: William Morrow and Co., 366 pages, $5.95
This interesting book relates space travel to mankind's scientific progress (the sub-title is "Man's Progress from Steam Engine to Satellite").The last two chapters, entitled "Penetration into Space" and "The Race to the Stars," cover rocket history, basic astronautics, Sputniks, Explorers, and the future.
Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III