Before the Wright Brothers (Space & Aviation)

Berliner, Don

ISBN 10: 0822515881 ISBN 13: 9780822515883

Publisher: Lerner Pub Group, 1990

Synopsis

Describes the ideas and experiments that lead to the first powered flight by the 1903 "Wright Flyer"

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From School Library Journal:

Space launchings are becoming almost routine, but interest in all forms of flying persists. Here, Berliner fills in the background on the important, lesser-known experimenters who laid that foundation. (Bleriot of The Glorious Flight is not included.) After a brief introduction on early investigators such as the Chinese and Leonardo da Vinci, he begins with Sir George Cayley, who is considered to be the originator of the airplane, and continues with the many others who contributed to the field. Berliner writes clear, declarative sentences filled with the facts needed for reports. Every page has a well-drawn sketch or a clearly reproduced archival photograph, giving a period atmosphere to the book, but making it less attractive than Melvin Zisfein's more inclusive Flight: A Panorama of Aviation (Knopf, 1981) or the Smithsonian Book of Flight for Young People (Macmillan, 1988). An unexciting but handy source of information. --Sylvia S. Marantz, Wellington School, Columbus, OH
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lerner Pub Group
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0822515881
• ISBN 13: 9780822515883
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 72