Space Exploration.- Tsiolkovsky (Konstantin) Collection of 4 books on Tsiolkovsky's vision for the future of mankind in space, comprising: Proshedshee zemli [The Earth's Past], 1928; Budushchee zemli i chelovechstva [The Future of the Earth and Mankind], 1928; Tseli zvezdoplavaniya [The Aims of Astronautics], 1929; Rastenie budushchego. Zhivotnoe kosmosa. Samozarozhdenie [Plant of the Future. Animals of the Cosmos. Spontaneous Generation], 1929, text in Russian, a few ff. a little stained, some staining at staples, browning, original wrappers, some soiling and staining, small 8vo, 1928-29.
⁂ The significance of Tsiolkovsky's work in rocketry and space travel was greatest in Russia where it inspired early development independent of American and European research.
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