Patrick Moore, Arthur C. Clarke and 'British outer space' in the mid 20th century

Cultural Geographies

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 505-522

  Dunnett, Oliver ^a  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthur C. Clarke; British interplanetary society; Geographies of outer space; Patrick Moore; Popular science; Science fiction; Space from earth

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEW; PHOTOGRAPH; SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84866891641     PISSN: 14744740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474474012452069     Document Type: Article

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