A Brief History of Flight: from Balloons to Mach 3 and Beyond

Heppenheimer, T.A.

ISBN 10: 0471346373 / ISBN 13: 9780471346371

Editore: New York etc. : John Wiley & Sons, 2001

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Original boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with photographs in b/w, 8vo.

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• Titolo: A Brief History of Flight: from Balloons to Mach 3 and Beyond
• Editore: New York etc. : John Wiley & Sons
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0471346373
• ISBN 13: 9780471346371
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: sovraccoperta

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Riassunto

The amazing chronicle of our passion for the sky Flight?subject of poetry, art, scientific inquiry, and war?continues to fascinate us. From the days before ballooning to the development of the Boeing 777, flight has fired our imaginations and transformed our lives. Meticulously researched and filled with entertaining first-person anecdotes, little-known historical facts, and offbeat humor, A Brief History of Flight puts into context the social, political, and economic factors that have stoked our passion for flight. You?ll see how big business has helped the most daring?and expensive?inventions get off the ground, laugh at some of history?s most bizarre flight attempts, and even get a rare peek inside some of the earliest passenger "flight kits."

Whether you?re an aviation buff, a business reader, a technology watcher, or simply interested in flight, A Brief History of Flight will leave you wondering what the world of aviation can possibly do for an encore.Critical Praise for T. A. Heppenheime

"Countdown is by far the best history of space flight I have ever read. It is detailed, lucidly written for the layman, and full of fascinating stories."?ADRIAN BERRY, Daily Telegraph, ON Countdown: A History of Space Flight"A lively account of the development of space activities in the U.S. and the Soviet Union . . . as good a one-volume overview of space as exists."?Scientific American ON Countdown: A History of Space Flight "With the precision of a scientist, a good reporter?s marshaling of disparate facts, and the vigor of a natural storyteller, Heppenheimer offers an absorbing narrative."?RICHARD SNOW, Editor, American Heritage, ON Turbulent Skies

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Informazioni sull?autore

T. A. HEPPENHEIMER is the author of ten books, including Countdown: A History of Space Flight (Wiley) and Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation (Wiley), which is under development as a four-part series on PBS. He holds a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan and is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Aerospace. A freelance writer, Heppenheimer lives in Fountain Valley, California.