Book ID: CBB001022782

The Sublime Invention: Ballooning in Europe, 1783--1820 (2010)

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Lynn, Michael R. (Author)


Pickering & Chatto


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: ix + 240 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Gillispie, Charles C. (2011) Review of "The Sublime Invention: Ballooning in Europe, 1783--1820". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 130). unapi

Review Knight, David (2012) Review of "The Sublime Invention: Ballooning in Europe, 1783--1820". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (p. 69). unapi

Review Thébaud-Sorger, Marie (2012) Review of "The Sublime Invention: Ballooning in Europe, 1783--1820". Technology and Culture (p. 487). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Generali, Dario
Ciancio, Luca
Gianluca Casagrande
Dell'Oro, Giorgio
Camana, Carla
Sfoini, Alexandra
Concepts
Science and society
Science and politics
Balloons and ballooning
Medicine
Experiments and experimentation
Science and religion
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
20th century
21st century
Early modern
Places
Europe
Italy
England
United States
France
Sweden
Institutions
School of Milan
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