{"product_id":"wings-of-madness-alberto-santos-dumont-and-the-invention-of-flight-9780786866595","title":"Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul Hoffman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Theia\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Theia\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science \u0026amp; Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of the centennial of the Wright brothers' historic flights at Kitty Hawk, a new generation will learn about the other man who was once hailed worldwide as the conqueror of the air--Alberto Santos-Dumont. Because the Wright brothers worked in secrecy, word of their first flights had not reached Europe when Santos-Dumont took to the skies in 1906. The dashing, impeccably dressed inventor entertained Paris with his airborne antics--barhopping in a little dirigible that he tied to lampposts, circling above crowds around the Eiffel Tower, and crashing into rooftops. A man celebrated, even pursued by the press in Paris, London, and New York, Santos-Dumont dined regularly with the Cartiers, the Rothschilds, and the Roosevelts. But beneath his lively public exterior, Santos-Dumont was a frenzied genius tortured by the weight of his own creation.\u003ci\u003eWings of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the science and history of early aviation and offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of an extraordinary and tormented man, vividly depicting the sights and sounds of turn-of-the-century Paris. It is a book that will do for aviation what \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Loved Only Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e did for mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theia","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45356170150039,"sku":"9780786866595","price":2451.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786866595.webp?v=1767309236","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/wings-of-madness-alberto-santos-dumont-and-the-invention-of-flight-9780786866595","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}