Falling Upwards
Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts
By Richard Holmes | Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
About the book
Lose yourself in the clouds with bestselling and prize-winning biographer and science writer Richard Holmes in this glorious history of hot-air ballooning.Hot-air balloons have drifted through Richard Holmes’s work for many years. And now, in this heart-lifting book he tells the story of these ineffably romantic floating machines and the reckless invention of the adventurers who flew them.His subject is flight itself and the pioneer generation of rival aviators. Ballooning offered a new vision of the earth. The world pondered for the first time reliable weather prediction, observation of the stars from an aerial point of view and the exploration of remote continents. Those in previous centuries who dreamt of flight believed it would open up the secrets of heaven. In fact, as Richard Holmes shows, it revealed the secrets of the world beneath.
Editions of Falling Upwards
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780007476510
- EBook
- ISBN 9780008387822
- EBook
- ISBN 9780007467259
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Lose yourself in the clouds with bestselling and prize-winning biographer and science writer Richard Holmes in this glorious history of hot-air ballooning.Hot-air balloons have drifted through Richard Holmes’s work for many years. And now, in this heart-lifting book he tells the story of these ineffably romantic floating machines and the reckless invention of the adventurers who flew them.His subject is flight itself and the pioneer generation of rival aviators. Ballooning offered a new vision of the earth. The world pondered for the first time reliable weather prediction, observation of the stars from an aerial point of view and the exploration of remote continents. Those in previous centuries who dreamt of flight believed it would open up the secrets of heaven. In fact, as Richard Holmes shows, it revealed the secrets of the world beneath.
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What is Falling Upwards about?
Lose yourself in the clouds with bestselling and prize-winning biographer and science writer Richard Holmes in this glorious history of hot-air ballooning.Hot-air balloons have drifted through Richard Holmes’s work for many years. And now, in this heart-lifting book he tells the story of these ineffably romantic floating machines and the reckless invention of the adventurers who flew them.His subject is flight itself and the pioneer generation of rival aviators. Ballooning offered a new vision of the earth. The world pondered for the first time reliable weather prediction, observation of the stars from an aerial point of view and the exploration of remote continents. Those in previous centuries who dreamt of flight believed it would open up the secrets of heaven. In fact, as Richard Holmes shows, it revealed the secrets of the world beneath.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Falling Upwards?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Biography and non-fiction prose > True stories / true accounts of events > True stories of discovery
Where can I read a sample of Falling Upwards?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780007476510
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Falling Upwards?
Richard Holmes
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Falling Upwards is available as paperback(ISBN 9780007476510) and ebook(ISBN 9780008387822) and ebook(ISBN 9780007467259)
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