El Astronauta Que Pinto El Espacio Y Otras Historias de Los Cosmonautas - by Enrique Jose Diaz Leon (Paperback)
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- About the Author: Enrique José Díaz León es doctor en Periodismo por la Universidad de Sevilla y está vinculado profesionalmente a Radio Televisión de Andalucía desde 1988.
- 288 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Science + Technology
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About the Book
The book discusses writers who have been considered crazy and the romantic aspect attributed to mental illness when linked to the creative realm, addressing the fundamental question: can people who truly lose their minds write meaningful things? Neil Armstrong was a brilliant and reserved engineer who preferred technical data to press conferences. Buzz Aldrin fought his personal demons with the same determination he put into stepping onto the moon. Alan Bean left NASA to paint his space memories with real dust from the satellite embedded in his oil paintings. Sixty years after Laika paved the way to the stars, the conquest of space remains the most daring adventure of our species. But far from the official rhetoric, what lies behind the helmets and space suits? What are the men and women who have turned space exploration into their personal biography really like? Enrique José Díaz León offers us a sample of space humanities where heroes reveal their fragilities: Valentina Tereshkova, who had to convince flight technicians that there was a fatal error in their calculations while orbiting alone in space; Chris Hadfield, who overcame his pathological fear of darkness to command the International Space Station; and Miguel López-Alegría, who returned to the cosmos at the age of 65, proving that dreams never expire. Between the first mammals launched into the void and the millionaires who today buy fifteen-minute experiences in orbit, Díaz León reveals that the true history of space is not found in technical manuals but in seemingly insignificant details: the pen that saved a mission, the wasabi geyser that splattered the space station, the saxophone that never played among the stars...About the Author
Enrique José Díaz León es doctor en Periodismo por la Universidad de Sevilla y está vinculado profesionalmente a Radio Televisión de Andalucía desde 1988. Ha dirigido el programa de divulgación científica de Canal Sur Radio El Observatorio y ha colaborado con distintos programas de la cadena pública autonómica, presentando secciones dedicadas a la divulgación científica (La noche más hermosa, Habla con Olga, El Público, Aquí estamos). En 2002, su Anuario Multimedia de El Observatorio obtuvo el Premio Prisma de la Casa de las Ciencias de La Coruña. En 2004, la página web elobservatorio.canalsur.es obtuvo el V Premio Cibersur a las mejores páginas web andaluzas. Entre sus publicaciones, en colaboración con la también divulgadora Feli Amorín, destacan Andalucía, una historia de ciencia, Un paseo por la Sevilla científica e industrial, Cádiz, entre la ciencia y la leyenda y Córdoba, la conciencia de la ciencia. Ya en solitario, es autor en Guadalmazán de Las máquinas bélicas de Leonardo y otras historias científicas sobre ciencia y guerra, Breve historia de la astronomía e Historia de las grandes expediciones científicas, por la que recibió la Mención de Honor del certamen Ciencia en Acción. Ha colaborado con la revista Muy Interesante, con la que publicó Grandes expediciones científicas: de los viajes de Colón al Apolo 11 (Edición Coleccionista), y con el suplemento Tercer Milenio de El Heraldo de Aragón. Ha sido ponente en congresos internacionales sobre periodismo científico en Barcelona y Trieste. Como profesor de la Universidad de Sevilla, ha impartido la asignatura Periodismo Científico.Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 288
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Science + Technology
Publisher: Guadalmazan
Format: Paperback
Author: Enrique Jose Diaz Leon
Language: Spanish
Street Date: January 27, 2026
TCIN: 1006215489
UPC: 9788419414915
Item Number (DPCI): 247-03-4842
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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