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Wings of Madness - Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight (Hardcover, 1st ed) Loot Price: R1,034
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Wings of Madness - Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight (Hardcover, 1st ed): Paul Hoffman

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

Paul Hoffman

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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.

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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