Pre-Owned Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight (Hardcover) 0786866594 9780786866595

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Title: Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight
Book Format: Hardcover
ISBN10: 0786866594
EAN: 9780786866595
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
Author: Hoffman, Paul
Pre-Owned Condition- Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

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Genre
History
Publication date
June, 2003
Pages
380
Edition
1

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On the eve of the centennial of the Wright brothers' historic flights at Kitty Hawk, a new generation will learn about the other man who was once hailed worldwide as the conqueror of the air--Alberto Santos-Dumont. Because the Wright brothers worked in secrecy, word of their first flights had not reached Europe when Santos-Dumont took to the skies in 1906. The dashing, impeccably dressed inventor entertained Paris with his airborne antics--barhopping in a little dirigible that he tied to lampposts, circling above crowds around the Eiffel Tower, and crashing into rooftops. A man celebrated, even pursued by the press in Paris, London, and New York, Santos-Dumont dined regularly with the Cartiers, the Rothschilds, and the Roosevelts. But beneath his lively public exterior, Santos-Dumont was a frenzied genius tortured by the weight of his own creation.

Wings of Madness chronicles the science and history of early aviation and offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of an extraordinary and tormented man, vividly depicting the sights and sounds of turn-of-the-century Paris. It is a book that will do for aviation what The Man Who Loved Only Numbers did for mathematics.

Title: Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight
Book Format: Hardcover
ISBN10: 0786866594
EAN: 9780786866595
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
Author: Hoffman, Paul
Pre-Owned Condition- Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

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History

Publication date

June, 2003

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