Falling Upwards读书介绍
| 类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 书籍 | 416页 | 2020 | Pantheon |
| 定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD 35.00 | 2020-02-20 … | 2020-04-06 … | 7 |
Falling Upwards tells the story of the enigmatic group of men and women who first risked their lives to take to the air, and so discovered a new dimension of human experience. Why they did it, what their contemporaries thought of them, and how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet in wholly unexpected ways is its subject.
Dramatic sequences move from the early Anglo-French balloon rivalries; the crazy firework flights of beautiful Sophie Blanchard; the revelatory ascents over the great Victorian cities and sprawling industrial towns of Northern Europe; the astonishing long-distance voyages of the American entrepreneur John Wise, and the French photographer Felix Nadar, to the terrifying high-altitude flights of James Glaisher FRS who rose above seven miles without oxygen, helping to establish the new science of meteorology as well as the environmental notion--so important to us today--of a "fragile" planet. Balloons were also used to observe the horrors of modern battle during the American Civil War (including a memorable flight by General Custer).
Readers will also discover the many writers and dreamers--from Mary Shelley to Edgar Allan Poe, from Charles Dickens to Jules Verne--who felt the imaginative impact of flight and allowed it to soar in their work. Most of all, through the strange allure of the great balloonists, Holmes offers another of his subtle portraits of human endeavor, recklessness, and vision.
(With 24 pages of color illustrations, and black-and-white illustrations throughout.)
作者简介理查德·霍姆斯（Richard Holmes），英国知名作家、军事史家，克兰菲尔德大学教授，著有20余本书，其中《好奇年代》（The Age of Wonder ）2009年荣获塞缪尔·约翰逊奖、英国伦敦皇家学会科学类书籍奖、美国专业书评家奖协会年度奖，《诗人雪莱》（Foot-steps, Sidetracks, Shelley: The Pursuit ）获英国索默塞特·莫汉奖，《柯勒律治的早年追求》（Coleridge:Early Visions ）获英国暨爱尔兰惠特·布莱德传记奖，《毁誉参半的柯勒律治》（Coleridge: Darker Reflections）入选美国专业书评家协会1999年评奖名单，《塞缪尔·约翰逊博士与他的第一部传记作品》（Dr. Johnson & Mr. Savage ）获英国詹姆斯·布莱克纪念奖。
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