{"product_id":"wings-of-madness-alberto-santos-dumont-and-the-invention-of-flight-9780786866595","title":"Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight","description":"On the eve of the centennial of the Wright brothers' historic flights at Kitty Hawk, a new generation will learn about the other man who was once hailed worldwide as the conqueror of the air--Alberto Santos-Dumont. Because the Wright brothers worked in secrecy, word of their first flights had not reached Europe when Santos-Dumont took to the skies in 1906. The dashing, impeccably dressed inventor entertained Paris with his airborne antics--barhopping in a little dirigible that he tied to lampposts, circling above crowds around the Eiffel Tower, and crashing into rooftops. A man celebrated, even pursued by the press in Paris, London, and New York, Santos-Dumont dined regularly with the Cartiers, the Rothschilds, and the Roosevelts. But beneath his lively public exterior, Santos-Dumont was a frenzied genius tortured by the weight of his own creation.\u003ci\u003eWings of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the science and history of early aviation and offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of an extraordinary and tormented man, vividly depicting the sights and sounds of turn-of-the-century Paris. It is a book that will do for aviation what \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Loved Only Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e did for mathematics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786866595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.22w x 1.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2003 pg. 586\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/05\/2003 pg. 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2003 pg. 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2003 pg. 1736\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2003 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/06\/2003 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 Sep\/Oct 2003\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2003 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paul Hoffman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403375866037,"sku":"9780786866595","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8b7d0b88-ab89-478e-8d47-3c326a60c18e.jpg?v=1774968980","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/wings-of-madness-alberto-santos-dumont-and-the-invention-of-flight-9780786866595","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}