Wings of Madness - Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight (Hardcover, 1st ed)

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.

General

Imprint:	Theia
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2003
First published:	June 2003
Authors:	Paul Hoffman
Dimensions:	236 x 158 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	380
Edition:	1st ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7868-6659-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Aircraft: general interest Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
LSN:	0-7868-6659-4
Barcode:	9780786866595

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