Description: 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.
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Book Title: Strange Angel : the Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Natural History, Physics / Astrophysics, History, Occultism, Science & Technology
Publication Year: 2006
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit, Science, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 11 Oz
Author: George Pendle
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
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