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Cargando... Like Sex with Gods: An Unorthodox History of Flyingpor Bayla Singer
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The author sets forward an interesting and difficult task to herself. The history of flight in intertwined with the cultural expectations of the age, so to speak, and some permeate through the centuries. To fly just to arrive faster isn't enough to explain why so many people dedicated themselves to such a goal. After reading it, there's a feeling of achievement and disappointment. The facts and pointers are there but it seems there is something missing to round everything up. Maybe I'm to square to see it but it's a feeling that doesn't abandon me. But maybe it is part of the problem, there is no way to draw straight lines of causality between everything, the brew is to illusive for that. The author manages, in my opinion, to prove the point but a wish of something more still lingers after the last page. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"Human flight is not a simple matter of science and technology. It is a continuing epic of dreams and obsession, of yearning and striving to harness the intellect in the service of the emotions."In Like Sex with Gods: An Unorthodox History of Flight, Bayla Singer offers a unique approach to humanity's fascination with flying. Rather than merely tracing the factual prehistory of flight up to the success of the Wright Brothers, Bayla Singer considers the interaction and influence of our dreams, fantasies, culture, and technology on the age-old quest to fly.This enlightening study begins with the deities and other denizens of the heavens that humanity has created in its religion, literature, and art. At first a monopoly of the gods, flight came to interest humanity as a way to free itself from the physical and intellectual bonds of the earth.The myth of flight eventually gives way to the pursuit of actual flight. Singer shows in compelling detail the many flying machines that have been created, including balloons, gliders, and kites. The accomplishment of the Wright Brothers and our successful trips into space are merely stops on a continuing journey, as our ancient dream of flight continues to push us to new and loftier places.Filled with compelling stories and detailed illustrations, this book provides absorbing reading for aviation experts, those fascinated with the intimate relationship between technology and culture, and all of us who have even a passing interest in flying. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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