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.
Heidi Benson of the San Francisco Chronicle stated that it was "It was well- reviewed".
Benson stated that the book "never sold in great numbers."
