博客來The Space Age didn’t begin with a launch-it began with a blueprint.
Meet Hermann Oberth, the solitary Transylvanian physicist who, in 1923, mathematically proved that space travel was possible. Decades before Sputnik, Oberth conceived of the multi-stage rocket and the fundamental principles, like the ＂Oberth Effect,＂ that would make escaping Earth a certainty. He handed the world the keys to the cosmos.
But his genius came at a cost.
This definitive biography explores Oberth’s relentless focus, his dangerous association with the V-2 program, and his crucial, formative mentorship of Wernher von Braun. It is the compelling story of a man caught between two world wars, forced to navigate the moral tightrope of pure science and destructive state power. Discover the intellectual architect who made the Moon landing inevitable. Approx.172 pages, 32700 word count
