Fixing the Sky

Fixing the Sky
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 346
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ISBN-10 : 9780231144124
ISBN-13 : 0231144121
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Book Synopsis Fixing the Sky by : James Rodger Fleming

Download or read book Fixing the Sky written by James Rodger Fleming and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-13 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weaving together stories from elite science, cutting-edge technology, and popular culture, Fleming examines issues of health and navigation in the 1830s, drought in the 1890s, aircraft safety in the 1930s, and world conflict since the 1940s.


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