{"product_id":"9780307389374","title":"Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCurator and space historian at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum delivers a brilliantly nuanced biography of controversial space pioneer Wernher von Braun. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChief rocket engineer of the Third Reich and one of the fathers of the U.S. space program, Wernher von Braun is a source of consistent fascination. Glorified as a visionary and vilified as a war criminal, he was a man of profound moral complexities, whose intelligence and charisma were coupled with an enormous and, some would say, blinding ambition. Based on new sources, Neufeld's biography delivers a meticulously researched and authoritative portrait of the creator of the V-2 rocket and his times, detailing how he was a man caught between morality and progress, between his dreams of the heavens and the earthbound realities of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047463731440,"sku":"9780307389374","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780307389374_p0.jpg?v=1769887790","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780307389374","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}