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The Aeronauts de James Glaisher

The Aeronauts

Autor James Glaisher
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 oct 2019
Descriere de la o altă ediție sau format:
  • The true story behind the forthcoming film The Aeronauts, set for UK cinema release on 1st November 2019.
  • The original memoir and writings of English meteorologist and scientist James Glaisher, first published in 1871.
  • Glaisher was a pioneering hot air balloonist whose epic, record-breaking journey on 2nd September 1862 made history.
  • Eddie Redmayne plays James Glaisher in the film with Felicity Jones playing opposite him as co-piolet Amelia Wren.
  • A fascinating slice of real-life Victorian adventure.
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ISBN-13: 9781612197968
ISBN-10: 1612197965
Pagini: 144
Dimensiuni: 128 x 203 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Ediția:Media tie-in
Editura: Melville House Books

Notă biografică

James Glaisher (1809-1903) was an English meteorologist, aeronaut and astronomer who worked at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich for forty-three years. He was a founding member of the Meteorological Society and the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. He is most famous as a pioneering balloonist and his ascent on 5th September 1862 along with Henry Tracey Coxwell broke the world record for altitude. Introduction by Professor Liz Bentley, Chief Executive at the Royal Meteorological Society, of which Glaisher was a founding member in 1850. She also heads theWeather Club, the public outreach arm of the Royal Meteorological Society, dedicated to helping people understand the weather and its role in our lives and in the life of the planet.