Lighter Than Air: An Illustrated History of Balloons and Airships

by Tom D. Crouch

Book Overview

This richly illustrated book chronicles lighter-than-air flight from Archimedes' discovery of the principle of buoyancy to the latest in sport balloons and plans for future airships. Far more than a timeline of events, Lighter Than Air focuses on the people--flamboyant and daring, heroes and scoundrels--who made history in the sky. Here are the eighteenth-century pioneers who first took to the skies, the peripatetic aeronauts who criss-crossed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801891272
• ISBN13: 9780801891274
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher