The Russian scientist Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935) formulated the mathematical fundamentals of modern astronautics. He showed that space travel was possible only by means of rocket propulsion. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was born on Sept....

At the age of ten, Tsiolkovsky became almost totally deaf due to scarlet fever. Consequently, he spent much time alone, but his father, recognizing his son's potential, encouraged his interests in math and physics. At the age of twenty-two Tsiolkovsky...

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was a pioneer in space and rocket research. Russian Physicist and Rocket Pioneer 1857-1935 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was one of the three most important early pioneers of rocketry,...

1857-1935 Russian rocket scientist who was an early pioneer of space travel research. In the 1890s Tsiolkovsky developed Russia's first wind tunnel to test aircraft aerodynamics. His passion for the stars led him to try his hand at science...

Born September 17, 1857 (Izhevskoye, Russia) Died September 19, 1935 (Kaluga, Russia) Russian aerospace engineer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (pronounced KAHN-stan-tyeen tsee-ohl-KAHV-skee) was one of the greatest Russian scientists of the early twentieth...

Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (Russian: Константи́н Эдуа́рдович Циолко́вский; Polish: Konstanty Ciołkowski) (September 17 [O.S. September 5] 1857 – September 19, 1935) was an Imperial Russian and...

II. The Emergence of Konstantin IN RETROSPECT, it is clear that a massive generational changeover began in the Soviet Union with the death of Mikhail Suslov in January 1982. For nearly a quarter of a century Suslov had been the kingmaker of...

Howard Shernoff, tr. Berkeley, California Creative Arts. 2001. xx + 161 pages $14.95. ISBN 0-88739-341-1 KONSTANTIN KONSTANTINOVICH VAGINOV (1899-1934), modernist poet and prose writer, studied law at Petrograd University, fought with the Red Army in the war against Germany and in the...