Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside ParsonsHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006 - 368 páginas Now a CBS All Access series created by Mark Heyman with executive producer Ridley Scott. ROCKET SCIENTIST KILLED IN PASADENA EXPLOSIONscreamed the headline of the Los Angeles Times. John Parsons, a maverick rocketeer who helped transform the rocket from a derided sci-fi plot line into a reality, was at first mourned as a scientific prodigy. But reporters soon uncovered a more shocking story: Parsons had been a devotee of black magic. George Pendle re-creates the world of John Parsons in this dazzling portrait of prewar superstition, cold war paranoia, and futuristic possibility. Fueled by childhood dreams of space flight, Parsons was a leader of the motley band of enthusiastic young men who founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a cornerstone of the American space program. But Parsons's wild imagination also led him into the occult- for if he could make rocketry a reality, why not magic? With a cast of characters including Howard Hughes, L. Ron Hubbard, and Robert Heinlein, Strange Angel explores the unruly consequences of genius. |
Conteúdo
PROLOGUE | 1 |
Paradise | 21 |
Moon Child | 35 |
Erudition | 67 |
The Suicide Squad | 93 |
Fraternity | 117 |
The Mass | 132 |
Brave New World | 154 |
Degrees of Freedom | 202 |
A New Dawn | 227 |
Rock Bottom | 252 |
Into the Abyss | 280 |
EPILOGUE | 300 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 309 |
NOTES | 311 |
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