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# Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics)

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Review: Highly technical and highly entertaining - I came to this book from Derek Lowe's Things I Won't Work With blog and I was not disappointed. This is a history from an insider of a field I had no contact with, and Clark takes one through with an engaging style.
Review: Great information presented well by one of the men who helped rocketry become what it has today. - Today it seems so easy. SpaceX and others launch rockets regularly so much so that it all seems like a forgone conclusion as to what fuels are used. But it wasn't always so. In the 1940s, 1950s, and into the 1960s, several men and labs around the nation worked hard (and sometimes dangerously) figuring out what fuels and oxidizers worked well together and gave the performance and characteristics desired. It was not easy. This book fleshes out the early history and development of how the fuels we use today came to be and why. While the information is technical in nature, and it helps if you have had some college level chemistry and physics classes, you don't have to be a "rocket scientist" to understand what the author is presenting. A very good read, even endorsed by Elon Musk, but it is the forward by the iconic Isaac Asimov that sets the stage. For anyone with more than a passing interest in how modern rocketry came to be, this book provides one of the foundations and in a very interesting way.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #36,565 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #11 in Astronautics & Space Flight #19 in History of Technology #19 in Aeronautics & Astronautics (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,685) |
| Dimensions  | 5.19 x 0.8 x 8 inches |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 0813595835 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0813595832 |
| Item Weight  | 8 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 216 pages |
| Publication date  | May 23, 2018 |
| Publisher  | Rutgers University Press Classics |
| Reading age  | 15 years and up |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly technical and highly entertaining
*by B***D on August 5, 2025*

I came to this book from Derek Lowe's Things I Won't Work With blog and I was not disappointed. This is a history from an insider of a field I had no contact with, and Clark takes one through with an engaging style.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great information presented well by one of the men who helped rocketry become what it has today.
*by R***N on August 23, 2021*

Today it seems so easy. SpaceX and others launch rockets regularly so much so that it all seems like a forgone conclusion as to what fuels are used. But it wasn't always so. In the 1940s, 1950s, and into the 1960s, several men and labs around the nation worked hard (and sometimes dangerously) figuring out what fuels and oxidizers worked well together and gave the performance and characteristics desired. It was not easy. This book fleshes out the early history and development of how the fuels we use today came to be and why. While the information is technical in nature, and it helps if you have had some college level chemistry and physics classes, you don't have to be a "rocket scientist" to understand what the author is presenting. A very good read, even endorsed by Elon Musk, but it is the forward by the iconic Isaac Asimov that sets the stage. For anyone with more than a passing interest in how modern rocketry came to be, this book provides one of the foundations and in a very interesting way.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Fantastic Review of the History of Rocket Propellant Chemistry
*by C***E on December 17, 2018*

This book is just delightful! It covers the history of rocket propellant research from the late 1800s to about 1980 through the eyes of a propellant chemist. The writing is engaging and humorous. For those interested in the specifics of propellant chemistry, this book is a fantastic starter. Note that this is a history, not a lab manual. The author spends plenty of time talking about why a particular chemical works and why others don't. Chemical handling problems are discussed along with spine-tingling accounts of accidents. There were a few fairly tedious sections where the specifics of a particular family of propellants were explored but these sections are easily skipped without serious impact on the following text. Readers are strongly encouraged not to try this at home because everything in this book is designed to go bang in a very big way. There is more than enough information provided in this book to get started with making liquid propellants. However, even experienced chemists accustomed to working in this field are hurt or killed. DO NOT TRY AT HOME.

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