FallingUpwards:HowWeTooktotheAir

作者 Richard Holmes著
出版社 VintageBooks
出版时间 2014年9月
ISBN 9780307742322
定价 141.80

内容简介

**"TimeMagazine"10TopNonfictionBooksof2013****"TheNewRepublic"BestBooksof2013****"Kirkus"BestBooksoftheYear(2013)**Inadazzlingfusionofhistory,art,science,andbiography,"FallingUpwards"resurrectsthedaringmenandwomenwhofirstriskedtheirlivestotaketotheairinballoons.RichardHolmes""givesusanotherofhisunforgettableportraitsofhumanendeavor,recklessness,andvision,weavingtogetherexhilaratingaccountsofearlyballoonrivalries,pioneeringascentsoverVictoriancities,andastonishinglong-distancevoyages.Theterrifyinghigh-altitudeflightsofJamesGlaisherhelpedtoestablishthescienceofmeteorologyaswellasthenotionofafragileplanet,whileballoonswerealsousedtoobservethehorrorsofmodernbattleduringtheAmericanCivilWar.Heretooarethemanywriters--MaryShelley,EdgarAllanPoe,CharlesDickens,JulesVerne,andmore--whofelttheimaginativeimpactofflightandallowedittosoarintheirwork.Holmestellsthehistoryofballooningfromeveryangle--scientifictopoetic--throughtheadventurersandentrepreneurs,scientistsandescapists,heroesandfoolswhowerepossessedbythelongingtobeairborne.(With24pagesofcolorillustrations,andblack-and-whiteillustrationsthroughout.)

作者简介

RICHARDHOLMESistheauthorofTheAgeofWonder,whichwasshort-listedfortheSamuelJohnsonPrizeforNon-Fiction,wontheRoyalSocietyPrizeforScienceBooksandtheNationalBooksCriticsCircleAward,andwasoneofTheNewYorkTimesBookReview’sBestBooksoftheYearin2009.Holmes’sotherbooksincludeFootsteps,Sidetracks,Shelley:ThePursuit(winneroftheSomersetMaughamAward)Coleridge:EarlyVisions(winnerofthe1989WhitbreadBookoftheYearAward)Coleridge:DarkerReflections(anNBCCfinalist),andDr.Johnson&Mr.Savage(winneroftheJamesTaitBlackPrize).HewasawardedtheOBEin1992.HelivesinEngland.,,

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