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Like sex with gods : an unorthodox history of flying /
Annotation "In Like Sex with Gods: An Unorthodox History of Flying, Bayla Singer offers a unique approach to humanity's fascination with flight. Rather than merely tracing the factual prehistory of flight up to the success of the Wright Brothers, Bayla Singer considers the interaction and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
©2003.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Centennial of flight series ;
no. 3. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Dreams and mythology. Deities aloft. Artificial wings and the imitation of god. Travel to extraordinary kingdoms
- Theory and practice. Exuberant speculations. Human-powered flight : ornithopters. Gliders, parachutes, and kites. Balloons and dirigibles : sustained flight. The dream continues.