The Wright Brothers: The Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World - Softcover

Mackersey, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0751533688 ISBN 13: 9780751533682

Verlag: Time Warner Paperbacks, 2004

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Book by Mackersey Ian

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* 'constructs a narrative of considerable dramatic power' History Today * 'Intriguing ... it's hard to imagine who wouldn't find it absorbing ' F.T. * '...turns their heady science into a gripping intellectual thriller & recounts a family saga on a par with The Magnificent Ambersons' Guardian

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The conquest of the air at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on 17 December 1903 was one of the supreme achievements of the 20th century. Two unknown American bicycle mechanics, Wilbur and Orville Wright, launched that day the first successful powered aeroplane, changing the world for ever. On the centennial of the historic first flights, biographer Ian Mackersey offers this fascinating new study of the lives of these eccentric geniuses. Their brilliance unlocked the secrets of mechanical flight to realise one of man's oldest dreams. Mackersey brings to life a family swept up in the fame, jealousies and law suits that exploded around them: the domineering figure of their father, Bishop Milton Wright, whose church wars raged distractingly alongside the process of invention; their feisty, adoring sister, Katharine, whose marriage led Orville never to speak to her again. Impeccably researched, Ian Mackersey's narrative explains accessibly, the aerodynamic breathrough that had defeated inventive minds for centuries.

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• Verlag: Time Warner Paperbacks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0751533688
• ISBN 13: 9780751533682
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 560