International Geophysical Year (IGY)

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ESSO: "The Story of IGY"

igyesso.jpg (100809 bytes)This 32 page booklet contains the story of  Satellites and IGY in the form of cartoon graphics accompanied with brief text captions.  It explains the physics of satellite orbital mechanics in a very friendly way.  The IGY and it's many facets are explained.  Intended as "supplementary material for teacher's classroom use", it even contains experiment that the reader can perform and a reading list.

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