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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox book<br />
| name = ISRO: A Personal History<br />
| language = English<br />
| country = India<br />
| genre = [[Science]]<br />
| publisher = [[HarperCollins]]<br />
| isbn = 9789352643639<br />
| image = ISRO_A_Personal_History_Book_Cover.jpg<br />
| image_size = 125px<br />
| caption = ISRO: A Personal History<br />
| pub_date = February 2017<br />
| pages = 256<br />
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'''''ISRO: A Personal History'''''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/front-seat-on-a-nostalgia-trip/article17449609.ece|title=Front seat on a nostalgia trip|last=Koshy|first=Jacob|date=2017-03-11|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-10-30|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/amid-chandrayaan-2-mission-a-reminder-of-how-isro-grappled-with-setbacks-to-create-success-stories-7081281.html|title=Amid Chandrayaan 2 mission, a reminder of how ISRO grappled with setbacks to create success stories|website=Firstpost|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref>by [[R. Aravamudan]]—a veteran of ISRO—and Gita Aravamudan—his spouse—is a personal historical account of the history of [[Indian Space Research Organization]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/book-reviews/isro-a-personal-history-by-r-aravamudan-with-gita-aravamudan|title=ISRO: A Personal History- Review|website=Free Press Journal|language=en|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cntraveller.in/story/isros-office-church-launchpad-beach/|title=When ISRO’s office was a church, its launchpad a beach|date=2017-02-15|website=Condé Nast Traveller India|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref> "Overall, the book is a nice exposition of the space programme and provides an insight into the ‘ISRO Way’ of executing large and technologically challenging projects.", wrote [[The Outlook Magazine]] in its review of the book.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/there-were-no-outer-limits/298766|title=There Were No Outer Limits|website=outlookindia.com/|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref><br />
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== Summary ==<br />
The book starts off in [[Trombay]], where [[R. Aravamudan]] was working in 1962 and takes the reader through the [[TERLS]], the various ISRO 'eras' in his own words—lead by [[Vikram Sarabhai]], [[Satish Dhawan]], [[Udupi Ramachandra Rao]]—all the way till the [[Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle]] story.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/230719/from-church-of-mary-magdalene-to-moonwalk.html|title=From church of Mary Magdalene to moonwalk|last=Srikanth|first=B. R.|date=2019-07-23|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref><br />
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==Adaptation==<br />
A television series, titled ''Rocket Science'', based on the novel was being developed by Invar Studios as of February 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ramachandran |first1=Naman |title=Invar Studios Tackles Bikini Killer for India’s Zee 5 (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/asia/invar-studios-bites-snake-india-zee-5-1203150567/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=27 February 2019}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://thinksknowledge.com/history-of-isro/ History of ISRO]<br />
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