Bibliograph

Falling upwards, how we took to the air, Richard Holmes

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Label

Falling upwards, how we took to the air, Richard Holmes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Falling upwards

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

827258453

Responsibility statement

Richard Holmes

Sub title

how we took to the air

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.--, Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Voices overhead -- The falling dream -- Fiery prospects -- Airy kingdoms -- Angel's eye -- Wild west wind -- Spies in the sky -- Gigantic voyages -- Vertical explorations -- Mariners of the upper atmosphere -- Paris airborne -- Extreme balloons -- Epilogue -- Classic balloon accounts

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