Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight
Biography of the young Brazilian who moved to Paris where he experimented with flight until Europeans came to call him the man who conquered air.
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- Hyperion
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Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and TechnologyShortlisted(2003)
Other awarded books from Paul Hoffman
- The Man Who Loved Only Numbers (2024)1 win · 8 score
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