Thread of the Silkworm

Thread of the Silkworm is a 1996 historical nonfiction book by Iris Chang. It tells the story of Qian Xuesen, a leading cyberneticist/aerodynamist who assisted on the Manhattan Project, was deported amidst the Red Scare, and subsequently became a chief progenitor of the Chinese space program.[1]

Thread of the Silkworm
AuthorIris Chang
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistory, nonfiction
Published1996
PublisherBasic Books
Pages352
ISBN9780465006786

Heidi Benson of the San Francisco Chronicle stated that it was "It was well- reviewed".[2]

Benson stated that the book "never sold in great numbers."[2]

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