Falling upwards how we took to the air
Falling Upwards tells the story of the enigmatic group of men and women who first risked their lives to take to the air, and so discovered a new dimension of human experience. Why they did it, what their contemporaries thought of them, and how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet in whol...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
William Collins
2013
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| Summary: | Falling Upwards tells the story of the enigmatic group of men and women who first risked their lives to take to the air, and so discovered a new dimension of human experience. Why they did it, what their contemporaries thought of them, and how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet in wholly unexpected ways is its subject. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 404 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, maps 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780007386925 |