Drawing on published literature, archival sources in both the United States and Europe, interviews with many of the key participants, and important declassified material, such as the National Security Council's first policy paper on space, McDougall examines U.S., European, and Soviet space programs and their politics. More about this book >

• NONFICTION FINALIST National Book Awards 1985 >

  Selected by Adrienne Mayor >

  Adrienne Mayor

  

  Adrienne Mayor is a research scholar in classics and the history of science at Stanford University. She has written five books, including The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, which was a 2009 National Book Award Finalist and won a 2010 Independent Publisher Book Award for Biography. Her work has been translated into ten languages. She is a regular contributor to the award-winning history of science website Wonders and Marvels.