Thread of the Silkworm

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

Heidi Benson of the San Francisco Chronicle stated that "It was well-reviewed, though it never sold in great numbers."^[2]

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