Author | Singer, Bayla, 1940- |
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Title | Like sex with gods [electronic resource] : an unorthodox history of flying / Bayla Singer |
Imprint | College Station : Texas A & M University Press, c2003 |
Edition | 1st ed |
Connect to | http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=102416 |
Descript | x, 219 p. : ill. ; 25 cm |
Dreams and mythology. Deities aloft. Artificial wings and the imitation of god. Travel to extraordinary kingdoms -- Theory and practice. Exuberant speculations. Human-powered flight : ornithopters. Gliders, parachutes, and kites. Balloons and dirigibles : sustained flight. The dream continues