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Starman

Author : Piers Bizony
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802779611
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Starman written by Piers Bizony and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in history to leave the Earth's atmosphere and venture into space. His flight aboard a Russian Vostok rocket lasted only 108 minutes, but at the end of it he had become the most famous man in the world. Back on the ground, his smiling face captured the hearts of millions around the globe. Film stars, politicians and pop stars from Europe to Japan, India to the United States vied with each other to shake his hand. Despite this immense fame, almost nothing is known about Gagarin or the exceptional people behind his dramatic space flight. Starman tells for the first time Gagarin's personal odyssey from peasant to international icon, his subsequent decline as his personal life began to disintegrate under the pressures of fame, and his final disillusionment with the Russian state. President Kennedy's quest to put an American on the Moon was a direct reaction to Gagarin's achievement--yet before that successful moonshot occurred, Gagarin himself was dead, aged just thirty-four, killed in a mysterious air crash. Publicly the Soviet hierarchy mourned; privately their sighs of relief were almost audible, and the KGB report into his death remains secret. Entwined with Gagarin's history is that of the breathtaking and highly secretive Russian space program - its technological daring, its triumphs and disasters. In a gripping account, Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony reveal the astonishing world behind the scenes of the first great space spectacular, and how Gagarin's flight came frighteningly close to destruction.

The Cosmonaut Who Couldn’t Stop Smiling

Author : Andrew L. Jenks
Publisher : Northern Illinois University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501757687
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Cosmonaut Who Couldn’t Stop Smiling written by Andrew L. Jenks and published by Northern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Let's go!" With that, the boyish, grinning Yuri Gagarin launched into space on April 12, 1961, becoming the first human being to exit Earth's orbit. The twenty-seven-year-old lieutenant colonel departed for the stars from within the shadowy world of the Soviet military-industrial complex. Barbed wires, no-entry placards, armed guards, false identities, mendacious maps, and a myriad of secret signs had hidden Gagarin from prying outsiders—not even his friends or family knew what he had been up to. Coming less than four years after the Russians launched Sputnik into orbit, Gagarin's voyage was cause for another round of capitalist shock and Soviet rejoicing. The Cosmonaut Who Couldn't Stop Smiling relates this twentieth-century icon's remarkable life while exploring the fascinating world of Soviet culture. Gagarin's flight brought him massive international fame—in the early 1960s, he was possibly the most photographed person in the world, flashing his trademark smile while rubbing elbows with the varied likes of Nehru, Castro, Queen Elizabeth II, and Italian sex symbol Gina Lollobrigida. Outside of the spotlight, Andrew L. Jenks reveals, his tragic and mysterious death in a jet crash became fodder for morality tales and conspiracy theories in his home country, and, long after his demise, his life continues to provide grist for the Russian popular-culture mill. This is the story of a legend, both the official one and the one of myth, which reflected the fantasies, perversions, hopes and dreams of Gagarin's fellow Russians. With this rich, lively chronicle of Gagarin's life and times, Jenks recreates the elaborately secretive world of space-age Russia while providing insights into Soviet history that will captivate a range of readers.

Yuri Gagarin

Author : Heather Feldman
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 0823962458
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Yuri Gagarin written by Heather Feldman and published by The Rosen Publishing Group. This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the 1961 flight of Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, as well as the scientific background to that flight and space exploration since then.

Russia's Cosmonauts

Author : Rex D. Hall
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387739750
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Russia's Cosmonauts written by Rex D. Hall and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-05 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no competition since this is the first book in the English language on cosmonaut selection and training Offers a unique and original discussion on how Russia prepares its cosmonauts for spaceflight. Contains original interviews and photographs with first-hand information obtained by the authors on visits to Star City Provides an insight to the role of cosmonauts in the global space programme of the future. Reviews the training both of Russian cosmonauts in other countries and of foreign cosmonauts in Star City

Road to the Stars

Author : Yuri Gagarin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780898757286
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Road to the Stars written by Yuri Gagarin and published by . This book was released on 2002-02-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiography of the first cosmonaut.Contents:Smolensk - My Native RegionI Join the Ranks of the Work ClassI Become a PilotThe Oath of AllegianceUnder the Northern LightsTraining for the Great DayWednesday, April 12Living for the Country

Psychology and Space

Author : Yuri Gagarin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781410206749
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Psychology and Space written by Yuri Gagarin and published by . This book was released on 2003-06-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The time is not far distant when space expeditions will have dozens of members. The American Apollo-11 spacecraft has already landed on the Moon. People will set foot on Mars, and, possibly, other planets. How will they stand up to the difficult conditions there? What sort of problems will they encounter? Will they be able to cope with them?Research work done by space psychologists in recent years has shown that the unusual conditions in store for people on a space voyage may have a decisive effect on its outcome. For this reason an astronaut's psychological training is no less important than his ability to control his spacecraft.It is this aspect of astronaut training that is dealt with by the authors of this book: the world's first astronaut, Yuri Gagarin, Hero of the Soviet Union, and the space psychologist Vladimir Lebedev.But this is not a book about psychology alone. It also speaks of Soviet space hardware, describes actual space flights, and surveys investigations carried out in aviation and space medicine.

Early Greek Law

Author : Michael Gagarin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 052090916X
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Early Greek Law written by Michael Gagarin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1989-04-27 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the evidence of anthropology as well as ancient literature and inscriptions, Gagarin examines the emergence of law in Greece from the 8th through the 6th centuries B.C., that is, from the oral culture of Homer and Hesiod to the written enactment of codes of law in most major cities.

Aeschines

Author : Aeschines
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9780292712232
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Aeschines written by Aeschines and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third volume in the Oratory of Classical Greece series. Planned for publication over several years, the series will present all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries B.C. in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especially designed for the needs and interests of today’s undergraduates, Greekless scholars in other disciplines, and the general public. Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. This volume contains the three surviving speeches of Aeschines (390–? B.C.). His speeches all revolve around political developments in Athens during the second half of the fourth century B.C. and reflect the internal political rivalries in an Athens overshadowed by the growing power of Macedonia in the north. The first speech was delivered when Aeschines successfully prosecuted Timarchus, a political opponent, for having allegedly prostituted himself as a young man. The other two speeches were delivered in the context of Aeschines’ long-running political feud with Demosthenes. As a group, the speeches provide important information on Athenian law and politics, the political careers of Aeschines and Demosthenes, sexuality and social history, and the historical rivalry between Athens and Macedonia.

Antiphon and Andocides

Author :
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292781849
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Antiphon and Andocides written by and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have been largely ignored: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. This volume contains the works of the two earliest surviving orators, Antiphon and Andocides. Antiphon (ca. 480-411) was a leading Athenian intellectual and creator of the profession of logography ("speech writing"), whose special interest was law and justice. His six surviving works all concern homicide cases. Andocides (ca. 440-390) was involved in two religious scandals—the mutilation of the Herms (busts of Hermes) and the revelation of the Eleusinian Mysteries—on the eve of the fateful Athenian expedition to Sicily in 415. His speeches are a defense against charges relating to those events.

The Laws of Ancient Crete

Author : Michael Gagarin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199204829
Total Pages : 591 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book The Laws of Ancient Crete written by Michael Gagarin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the Greek text of approximately 200 stone inscriptions, which detail the laws of ancient Crete in the archaic and classical periods, c.650-400 BCE. The texts of the inscriptions, many of which are fragmentary and relatively unknown, are accompanied by an English translation and also two commentaries; one focused on epigraphical and linguistic issues, and the other, requiring no knowledge of Greek, focused on legal and historical issues. The texts are preceded by a substantial introduction, which surveys the geography, history, writing habits, social and political structure, economy, religion, and law of Crete in this period.

Democratic Law in Classical Athens

Author : Michael Gagarin
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477320377
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book Democratic Law in Classical Athens written by Michael Gagarin and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The democratic legal system created by the Athenians was completely controlled by ordinary citizens, with no judges, lawyers, or jurists involved. It placed great importance on the litigants’ rhetorical performances. Did this make it nothing more than a rhetorical contest judged by largely uneducated citizens that had nothing to do with law, a criticism that some, including Plato, have made? Michael Gagarin argues to the contrary, contending that the Athenians both controlled litigants’ performances and incorporated many other unusual features into their legal system, including rules for interrogating slaves and swearing an oath. The Athenians, Gagarin shows, adhered to the law as they understood it, which was a set of principles more flexible than our current understanding allows. The Athenians also insisted that their legal system serve the ends of justice and benefit the city and its people. In this way, the law ultimately satisfied most Athenians and probably produced just results as often as modern legal systems do. Comprehensive and wide-ranging, Democratic Law in Classical Athens offers a new perspective for viewing a legal system that was democratic in a way only the Athenians could achieve.

Ivan Sergeevich Gagarin

Author : Jeffrey Bruce Beshoner
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268159084
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (681 download)

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Download or read book Ivan Sergeevich Gagarin written by Jeffrey Bruce Beshoner and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2002-05-10 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ivan Sergeevich Gagarin analyzes questions of nationality and religious identity in nineteenth-century Russian history as reflected in the life of Jesuit priest Ivan Gagarin. A descendent of one of Russia’s most ancient and politically powerful families, Father Ivan Gagarin, S.J. (1814–1882) dedicated his life to creating a union between the Orthodox and Catholic churches that would preserve the dogmatic and traditional beliefs of both. Traditional understandings of Russian identity have emanated from the perspective of the dominant Orthodox religion; this captivating study uses the unionist work of Gagarin to illumine Russia's national identity from the perspective of Roman Catholicism. Seeing his unionist proposals as necessary for the preservation of Russian stability, Gagarin found himself in frequent opposition to the Orthodox Church. While Gagarin believed that Church union would preserve Russia from the threats of communism and revolution, the Russian Orthodox Church believed that union would mean the sacrifice of religious truth, ecclesial independence and religious orthodoxy. Jeffrey Beshoner’s even-handed analysis reveals that the Roman Catholic Church presented its own share of barriers to attempts at church union. Ivan Sergeevich Gagarin examines Roman Catholic attitudes of superiority vis-à-vis the Orthodox Church and argues that the nineteenth-century Roman Catholic Church simply did not possess the humility or respect for Eastern beliefs that church union required. Despite the failure of his unionist activity, Gagarin exerted important influence on such contemporary and later Roman Catholic and Russian thinkers as Pope Pius IX, Alexei Khomiakov and Vladimir Solovev. As the collapse of communism has permitted Russia to again seek its national identity in Russian Orthodoxy, Gagarin's ideas and perspectives on the relationship between national and religious identity continue to prove relevant.

The Gagarin Mystery

Author : Tibor Vajda
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595414435
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book The Gagarin Mystery written by Tibor Vajda and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 12th April, 1961, 27-year-old Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin became the first human to venture into space. His one orbit flight made him the most famous man in the world. He was declared Columbus of the Cosmos. Gagarin received the Hero of the Soviet Union medal, was promoted to full Colonel and was appointed Deputy Head of the Star City cosmonaut centre. When Leonid Brezhnev deposed Khruschev, the new leaders were hostile to Gagarin. He died suddenly aged only 34. Was his death a tragic accident or did he have to die because he fought against the cruelties of the communist regime? President Vladimir Putin still prevents publishing the truth that would prove how Brezhnev and associates dealt with individuals who threatened to unmask their part in the tragedy of Gagarin's death.

Yuri Gagarin in London and Manchester

Author : Gurbir Singh
Publisher : Astrotalkuk Publications
ISBN 13 : 0956933726
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (569 download)

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Download or read book Yuri Gagarin in London and Manchester written by Gurbir Singh and published by Astrotalkuk Publications. This book was released on 2011-07-04 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first human spaceflight on 12th April 1961 shocked the West and made cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin the most famous person on the planet. As one of human civilisation’s seminal accomplishments, it was borne out of technology designed for weapons of mass destruction. Following the launch of Sputnik in 1957, the Soviet Union charged headlong into the exploration of the Moon, Venus and Mars, demonstrating and honing their weapons of war in the name of science. Three months after his flight, still the only person to have been in Earth orbit, he came to Britain. Declassified confidential and secret government documents reveal for the first time the frantic diplomatic efforts to achieve a balance between celebrating one of humanity’s greatest achievements whilst grappling with the political dynamite of the unprecedented propaganda opportunity of a Soviet air force Major’s success being celebrated, first by the Prime Minister and then by the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Chronicled for the first time in these pages are the personal recollections, including never before published pictures, from people in Manchester and London of the impact of this handsome, charismatic cosmonaut who captured the hearts of ordinary working people in Britain. With an engaging permanent smile, this unassuming diminutive Major brought hope to a world at the brink of thermonuclear war. For many in Britain during the coldest days of the Cold War, this cosmonaut was the only Russian they would ever see.

Yuri Gagarin and the Race to Space

Author : Ben Hubbard
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1484625196
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book Yuri Gagarin and the Race to Space written by Ben Hubbard and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Yuri Gagarin on his journey into space! This book examines the extraordinary life of the first astronaut in space, from his early life to his first trip aboard a Russian spacecraft. Discover what the space race was and other developments happening at the time. Find out about the rigorous training that astronauts undergo and how they prepare for a journey into the unknown.

Early Greek Political Thought from Homer to the Sophists

Author : Michael Gagarin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521437684
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book Early Greek Political Thought from Homer to the Sophists written by Michael Gagarin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-09-21 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including the works of more than thirty authors, this edition of early Greek writings on social and political issues includes the origin of human society and law; the nature of justice and good government; the distribution of power among genders and social classes.

Speeches from Athenian Law

Author : Michael Gagarin
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292745001
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Speeches from Athenian Law written by Michael Gagarin and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the sixteenth volume in the Oratory of Classical Greece. This series presents all of the surviving speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries BC in new translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. These translations are especially designed for the needs and interests of today's undergraduates, Greekless scholars in other disciplines, and the general public. Classical oratory is an invaluable resource for the study of ancient Greek life and culture. The speeches offer evidence on Greek moral views, social and economic conditions, political and social ideology, law and legal procedure, and other aspects of Athenian culture that have recently been attracting particular interest: women and family life, slavery, and religion, to name just a few. This volume assembles twenty-two speeches previously published in the Oratory series. The speeches are taken from a wide range of different kinds of cases—homicide, assault, commercial law, civic status, sexual offenses, and others—and include many of the best-known speeches in these areas. They are Antiphon, Speeches 1, 2, 5, and 6; Lysias 1, 3, 23, 24, and 32; Isocrates 17, 20; Isaeus 1, 7, 8; Hyperides 3; Demosthenes 27, 35, 54, 55, 57, and 59; and Aeschines 1. The volume is intended primarily for use in teaching courses in Greek law or related areas such as Greek history. It also provides the introductions and notes that originally accompanied the individual speeches, revised slightly to shift the focus onto law.