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Since the 1930s, the scale of scientific endeavor has grown exponentially. Capshew and rader big science provide one useful thematic. Rocket science is a tour of the latest in spacecraft technology and planetary exploration by reallife aerospace engineer andrew rader and illustrator galen frazer. See, for example, daniel greenberg, the politics of pure science new york, ny.
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