Why read Thread Of The Silkworm?

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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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Eric Choi

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Thread of the Silkworm is the definitive English-language biography of Hsue-Shen Tsien (Qián Xuésēn, 钱学森), a Chinese-born aeronautical engineer who made fundamental contributions to the early American space program including work with Theodore von Kármán and Frank Malina on establishing what is now the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Based on unproven allegations of being a Communist, the U.S. Government in 1955 deported Tsien back to China where to this day he is revered as the father of the modern Chinese space and military rocket programs (including the Silkworm anti-ship missile referenced in the title). Chang’s book was the source of…

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