The spectacle of science aloft
Since the first pioneering balloon flight undertaken in France in 1783, aerial ascents became an ordinary show for the citizens of the great European cities until the end of the XIX century. Scientists welcomed balloons as an extraordinary device to explore the aerial ocean and find answers to their...
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| Language: | English |
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Sissa Medialab
2007-06-01
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| Series: | JCOM: Journal of Science Communication |
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| Online Access: | http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/06/02/Jcom0602%282007%29A01/Jcom0602%282007%29A01.pdf |