Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery (Record no. 296705)
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fixed length control field | 01777nam a22001577a 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780857524768 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 629.450092 KEL-E .EA |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Scott Kelly |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Doubleday / Penguin Random House |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2017 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 387 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now, he takes us inside a sphere utterly inimical to human life. He describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal: the devastating effects on the body; the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts of Earth; the pressures of constant close cohabitation; the catastrophic risks of depressurization or colliding with space junk, and the still more haunting threat of being unable to help should tragedy strike at home -- an agonizing situation Kelly faced when, on another mission, his twin brother's wife, Gabrielle Giffords, was shot while he still had two months in space. Kelly's humanity, compassion, humor, and passion resonate throughout, as he recalls his rough-and-tumble New Jersey childhood and the youthful inspiration that sparked his astounding career, and as he makes clear his belief that Mars will be the next, ultimately challenging step in American spaceflight. Here we see the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will, and the boundless wonder of the galaxy. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Kelly, Scott, -- 1964- International Space Station. Astronauts -- United States -- Biography. |
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Margaret Lazarus Dean |
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Koha item type | Book |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Processing Center | 08/06/2018 | 629.450092 KEL-E .EA | DCB3424 | 08/06/2018 | 08/06/2018 | Book |