Atmospheric Things : On the Allure of Elemental Envelopment /

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In Atmospheric Things Derek P. McCormack explores how atmospheres are imagined, understood, and experienced through experiments with a deceptively simple object: the balloon. Since the invention of balloon flight in the late eighteenth century, balloons have drawn crowds at fairs and expositions, in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCormack, Derek P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Technological innovations > Social aspects.
Technological innovations > Political aspects.
Balloons > Scientific applications.
Balloons.
Atmosphere.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
atmosphere.
Innovations > Aspect politique.
Innovations > Aspect social.
Ballons > Applications scientifiques.
Atmosphere
Balloons > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Envelopment
  • Sensing
  • Allure
  • Release
  • Volume
  • Sounding
  • Tensions
  • Hail
  • Elements.

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