Falling Upwards - Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts

Informationen zum Autor Richard Holmes was born in London in 1945 and educated at Downside School and Churchill College, Cambridge. In 1974 his Shelley: The Pursuit won the Somerset Maugham Award and was described by Stephen Spender as ‘surely the best biography of Shelley ever written’. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, was awarded an OBE in 1992 and the Biographers' Club Lifetime Services to Biography Prize in 2014. He lives in London and Norwich with the novelist Rose Tremain. Klappentext NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES A 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard Holmes, Holmes Richard
• Editore: William Collins
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780008380267
• ISBN: 978-0-00-838026-7
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 31 mm
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Storia, politica; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Europe, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, SCIENCE / History, 20th Century, HISTORY / Historical Geography, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, True stories: discovery / historical / scientific, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Science, General and world history, The Americas, Aerospace & aviation technology, True stories of discovery, Aerospace and aviation technology