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![Thread of the Silkworm by Iris Chang](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBM21nZ3c9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--c6f7d1023e29a4ec19ee5152d721a55fa58a8e44/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Thread%20of%20the%20Silkworm.jpg)
352 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780465006786
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 15 November 1996
Description
The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became -- to America's continuing chagrin -- the father of the Chinese missile program.
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352 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780465006786
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 15 November 1996
Description
The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became -- to America's continuing chagrin -- the father of the Chinese missile program.