OBERTH, HERMANN. 1894-1989. Die Rakete zu dem Planetenräumen (By Rockets Into Planetary Space). Munich & Berlin: Verlag R. Oldenbourg, 1923. 8vo, original printed wrappers, first edition. Later paper dust jacket with facsimile of original wrapper applied. Provenance: Superior Galleries, October 27-28, 2001, lot 239. Austro-Hungarian born Oberth was a physicist and engineer who built his first model rocket at the age of 14. This book was his doctoral dissertation, which was criticized for being unscientific and utopian. He worked for the German rocket program during World War II, and eventually for his former student, Wernher von Braun, at NASA.
OBERTH, HERMANN. 1894-1989. Die Rakete zu dem Planetenräumen (By Rockets Into Planetary Space). Munich & Berlin: Verlag R. Oldenbourg, 1923. 8vo, original printed wrappers, first edition. Later paper dust jacket with facsimile of original wrapper applied. Provenance: Superior Galleries, October 27-28, 2001, lot 239. Austro-Hungarian born Oberth was a physicist and engineer who built his first model rocket at the age of 14. This book was his doctoral dissertation, which was criticized for being unscientific and utopian. He worked for the German rocket program during World War II, and eventually for his former student, Wernher von Braun, at NASA.
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