Falling upwards : inspiration for the major motion picture The aeronauts
Holmes, Richard, 1945-2019
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From ambitious scientists rising above the clouds to analyse the air to war generals floating across enemy lines, Richard Holmes takes to the air in this heart-lifting history of pioneer balloonists. 'Aeronauts' asks why they risked their lives, and how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet. The stories range from early ballooning rivals to the long-distance voyages of American entrepreneurs; from the legendary balloon escape from the Prussian siege of Paris to dauntless James Glaisher, who in the 1860s flew seven miles above the earth - without oxygen.
Main title:
Falling upwards : inspiration for the major motion picture The aeronauts / Richard Holmes.
Author:
Holmes, Richard, 1945-, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2019.
Collation:
xii, 404 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Film tie-in.Originally published: 2013.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780008380267 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
629.13322629.133629.13322 HOL
Language:
English
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BRN:
87679
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