Willy Ley: Prophet of the Space Age, Hardcover/Jared S. Buss
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``Beautifully written. Reveals the vicissitudes of an
extraordinarily interesting life.``--Michael J. Neufeld, author of
Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War ``Willy Ley has been a
mystery among spaceflight historians for many years. His role as
science writer, advocate, and popularizer is known to many but
understood by few. This book unpacks that story.``--Roger D.
Launius, associate director of collections and curatorial affairs,
National Air and Space Museum ``Ley lit the fire of interplanetary
enthusiasm in the hearts of generations of young space cadets. Long
overdue, this biography establishes the details and the ups and
downs of his career.``--Tom D. Crouch, author of Lighter Than Air:
An Illustrated History of Balloons and Airships ``Beyond recovering
the fascinating and many contradictory aspects of Ley's
extraordinary life, Buss has provided a valuable case study of the
complex relationship between science popularization, mass media,
and scientific advocacy in the twentieth century.``--Asif A.
Siddiqi, author of The Red Rockets' Glare: Spaceflight and the
Soviet Imagination, 1857-1957 Willy Ley inspired young rocket
scientists and would-be astronauts around the world to imagine a
future of interplanetary travel long before space shuttles existed.
This is the first biography of the science writer and rocketeer who
predicted and boosted the rise of the Space Age. Born in Germany,
Ley became involved in amateur rocketry until the field was taken
over by the Nazis. He fled to America, where he forged a new life
as a weapons expert and journalist during World War II and as a
rocket researcher after the war. As America's foremost authority on
rockets, missiles, and space travel, he authored books and
scientific articles, while also regularly writing for science
fiction pulp magazines and publishing what he termed romantic
zoology--a blend of zoology, cryptozoology, history, and mythology.
He even consulted for television's Tom Corbett, Space Cadet and t
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