The bizarre history of Russian science in the Soviet epoch through the eyes and anecdotes of a gifted iconoclastic practitioner--Iosif Shlovsky, one of the most outstanding Soviet astronomers of the postware generation.10,000 print.
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The bizarre history of Russian science in the Soviet epoch through the eyes and anecdotes of a gifted iconoclastic practitioner--Iosif Shlovsky, one of the most outstanding Soviet astronomers of the postware generation.10,000 print.
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Add this copy of Five Billion Vodka Bottles to the Moon to cart. $13.95, like new condition, Sold by George Lyon rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Alexandria, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Norton.
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W. W. Norton & Company
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1991
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English
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New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1991, hardcover, 268 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches, sticker ghost to front endpaper. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight spine-end bumps. A leader of the Soviet space program and a blunt, outspoken, and irreverent man who was shunned by the Soviet establishment, Shklovsky (1916-1985) tells his own story, paints interesting word portraits of the famous scientists he admired, and settles scores with those in both science and politics he did not. Illustrated with nine pages of black-&-white photographs and drawings. Translated and adapted by Mary Fleming Zirin and Harold Zirin. Introduction by Herbert Friedman. Index appended. ISBN 9780393029901.
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This book was such an amazing read I'm wondring what other great books out there I may be overlooking. Written by a Jewish astrophysicist during the Soviet years it gives an unforgettable account of the author's encounters with life in the Soviet Union. I grew up in Russia when the Soviet Union was already falling apart, but a lot of Shklovsky's tales seemed so familiar in spirit. I think fallen as the Soviet empire is now much of it spirit still lives on in its people, this book would definitely help you understand a lot more about the Soviet era and Soviet people in general. But that's not even the main attraction of the book. I simply enjoyed each and every story in it, written with intelligence and verve. I only wish such books would be chosen by schools as a must read to learn about other countries. Who cares what the population or the capital of the counry is, here're the actual living and breathing account of life therein. And a fascinating one at that.
