{"product_id":"the-ultimate-engineer-richard-jurek-9780803299559","title":"The Ultimate Engineer: The Remarkable Life of Nasa's Visionary Leader George M. Low","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis well-researched book is as much a history of NASA as a biography of George Low, and as such is an important contribution to the history of the agency. Jurek's detailed book will appeal to both fans and scholars of NASA and of the engineers like Low who make the agency's spaceflights work.\u003c\/b\u003e--Sara R. Tompson, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the late 1950s to 1976, the U.S. human spaceflight program advanced as it did largely due to the extraordinary efforts of Austrian immigrant George M. Low. Described as the \"ultimate engineer\" during his career at NASA, Low was a visionary architect and leader from the agency's inception in 1958 to his retirement in 1976. As chief of manned spaceflight at NASA, Low was instrumental in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the end of his NASA career, Low was one of the leading figures in the development of the Space Shuttle in the early 1970s, and he was instrumental in NASA's transition into a post-Apollo world. Chronicling Low's escape from Nazi-occupied Austria to his helping land a man on the moon, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ultimate Engineer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e sheds new light on one of the most fascinating and complex personalities of the golden age of U.S. human space travel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Jurek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803299559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803299559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019 pg. 105","brand":"Richard Jurek","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994151485695,"sku":"9780803299559","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1af591be-a65c-47b9-8bbc-2ab9af718bd7.jpg?v=1683328431","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ultimate-engineer-richard-jurek-9780803299559","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}