Sex and Rockets, John Carter
(biography of Jack Parsons, founder of the Jet Propulsion Labs, Aerojet Corp. and inventor of the solid rocket fuels we still use today)
Quasimojo -
You're reading Pynchon? Gravity's Rainbow? If so, you'd be interested in this book. It's of more interest to me simply as a resident of Pasadena... Jack is a huge part of this city's history... but it's a fascinating read. Anybody that freakin' Alesiter Crowley thought was completely off his rocker makes an interesting subject to read about.
