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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...
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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: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Like Sex with Gods : |b An Unorthodox History of Flying / |c Bayla Singer. |
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| 264 | 1 | |a College Station : |b Texas A & M University Press, |c 2003. | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2020 | |
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| 490 | 0 | |a Centennial of flight series ; |v no. 3 | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | 8 | |a 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 influence of our dreams, fantasies, culture, and technology on the age-old quest to fly." "Filled with compelling stories and detailed illustrations, this book provides absorbing reading for aviation experts, those fascinated with the intimate relationship between technology and culture, and all of us who have even a passing interest in flying."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | |
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| 945 | |a Project MUSE - Archive History Supplement VIII | ||