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Rod Pyle

    Rod est un auteur captivé par l'exploration spatiale et la technologie, une passion née dans son enfance introvertie, passée à s'immerger dans les lancements de fusées, les alunissages et la science-fiction. Bien qu'il ait rêvé un jour de devenir astronaute, il reconnaît aujourd'hui avec humour son inaptitude au vol spatial. Son parcours académique a été aussi diversifié que ses intérêts, aboutissant à des diplômes en cinéma et à une maîtrise de l'Université de Stanford. Bien qu'il réside à Pasadena, son imagination dérive encore vers l'attrait des mers azurées et des côtes tropicales.

    Man's Greatest Adventure
    One Giant Leap. Man's Epic Journey to the Moon
    Amazing Stories of the Space Age
    Blueprint for a Battlestar
    • Amazing Stories of the Space Age

      • 341pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Reveals the most unusual space missions ever devised inside and outside of NASA during a time when nothing was too odd to be taken seriously, and the race to the moon and the threat from the Soviet Union trumped all other considerations. --Publisher.

      Amazing Stories of the Space Age2017
    • Blueprint for a Battlestar

      • 192pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      This beautifully illustrated pop science book which answers the enduring questions raised by science fiction, such as "Do hoverboards really exist?", "How can you bring a dinosaur back to life?" and "Can we really travel in time and space?" Packed with stunning images, including 75 illustrations created exclusively for this book, Blueprint for a Battlestar takes twenty-five remarkable and memorable technologies from the world of sci-fi, from Star Wars and The Matrix to Ironman and The Terminator. Each concept will be explained and dissected to reveal the real science behind it. Some are boldly obvious - such as the Death Star and exoskeletons - and some less so (think bio-ports or cloaking devices). All are fascinating and will make wonderful explorations into the science of the future as we understand it today.

      Blueprint for a Battlestar2016
      3,5