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Michael R Lynn
The Sublime Invention [PDF ebook]
Ballooning in Europe, 1783 1820

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Ballooning, like the Enlightenment, was a Europe-wide movement and a massive cultural phenomenon. Lynn argues that in order to understand the importance of science during the age of the Enlightenment and Atlantic revolutions, it is crucial to explain how and why ballooning entered and stayed in the public consciousness.

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Format PDF ● Pagini 256 ● ISBN 9781317324164 ● Editura Taylor and Francis ● Publicat 2015 ● Descărcabil 3 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 4432359 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM

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