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Falling Upwards

- Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture the Aeronauts
Af: Richard Holmes Engelsk Paperback

Falling Upwards

- Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture the Aeronauts
Af: Richard Holmes Engelsk Paperback
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONESA GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW REPUBLIC BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIME MAGAZINE TOP 10 NONFICTION From ambitious scientists rising above the clouds to analyse the air to war generals floating across enemy lines, Richard Holmes takes to the air in this heart-lifting history of pioneer balloonists.Falling Upwards asks why they risked their lives, and how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet. The stories range from early ballooning rivals to the long-distance voyages of American entrepreneurs; from the legendary balloon escape from the Prussian siege of Paris to dauntless James Glaisher, who in the 1860s flew seven miles above the earth – without oxygen.Falling Upwards has inspired the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts – in cinemas SOON.In a glorious fusion of history, art, science and biography, this is a book about what balloons give rise to: the spirit of discovery, and the brilliant humanity of recklessness, vision and hope.
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONESA GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW REPUBLIC BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIME MAGAZINE TOP 10 NONFICTION From ambitious scientists rising above the clouds to analyse the air to war generals floating across enemy lines, Richard Holmes takes to the air in this heart-lifting history of pioneer balloonists.Falling Upwards asks why they risked their lives, and how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet. The stories range from early ballooning rivals to the long-distance voyages of American entrepreneurs; from the legendary balloon escape from the Prussian siege of Paris to dauntless James Glaisher, who in the 1860s flew seven miles above the earth – without oxygen.Falling Upwards has inspired the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts – in cinemas SOON.In a glorious fusion of history, art, science and biography, this is a book about what balloons give rise to: the spirit of discovery, and the brilliant humanity of recklessness, vision and hope.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 416
ISBN-13: 9780008380267
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0008380260
Udg. Dato: 31 okt 2019
Længde: 32mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: HarperCollins Publishers
Oplagsdato: 31 okt 2019
Forfatter(e): Richard Holmes
Forfatter(e) Richard Holmes


Kategori Sande fortællinger: opdagelser / historie / videnskab


ISBN-13 9780008380267


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 416


Udgave


Længde 32mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 130mm


Udg. Dato 31 okt 2019


Oplagsdato 31 okt 2019


Forlag HarperCollins Publishers

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