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David M. Harland is an
author An author is the writer of a book, article, play, mostly written work. A broader definition of the word "author" states: "''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...
and space historian. He lives in
Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to ...
. Previously, he was a
computer scientist A computer scientist is a person who is trained in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus (a ...
at the
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and worked on the Rekursiv project for Linn Products.


Publications

* Polymorphic Programming Languages : Design and Implementation (1984) * Concurrency and Programming Languages (1986) * ''REKURSIV: Object-oriented Computer Architecture'' (1988) * The Space Shuttle: Roles, Missions and Accomplishments (1998) * Jupiter Odyssey: the Story of NASA's Galileo Mission (2000) * ''The Earth in Context: a Guide to the Solar System'' (2001) * ''Creating the International Space Station'' (2002) * Mission to Saturn: Cassini and the Huygens Probe (2002) * ''The Big Bang: a View from the 21st Century'' (2003) * The Story of the Space Shuttle (2004) * ''The Story of Space Station Mir'' (2005) * ''Water and the Search for Life on Mars'' (2005) * Apollo: The Definitive Sourcebook (2006) with Richard W. Orloff * ''Apollo EECOM: Journey of a Lifetime'' Sy Liebergot (2006) * ''Space Systems Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rockets and Space Probes'' (2006) * ''Cassini at Saturn: Huygen Results'' (2007) * ''The First Men on the Moon: the Story of Apollo 11'' (2007) * Robotic Exploration of the Solar System (2007) with Paolo Ulivi * ''Exploring the Moon: the Apollo Expedition'' (2008) * ''Robotic exploration of the Solar System. Part 2, Hiatus and Renewal 1983-1996'' (2009) with Paolo Ulivi * ''How NASA Learned to Fly in Space: An Exciting Account of the Gemini Missions'' (2010) * Apollo 12: on the Ocean of Storms (2011) * Paving the Way for Apollo 11 (2011) * ''Robotic Exploration of the Solar System: Part 3: Wows and Woes, 1997-2003'' (2012) with Paolo Ulivi * NASA Gemini, 1965-1966 (2015) with W. David Woods * ''Enhancing Hubble's Vision: Service Missions that Expanded Our View of the Universe'' (2016) with David Shayler * ''Moon: from 4.5 Billion Years Ago to the Present'' (2016) * ''Universe: from 13.8 Billion Years Ago to the Infinite Future'' (2019) * ''Mars: from 4.5 Billion Years Ago to the Present'' (2018)


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