Aircraft (Reaktion Books - Objekt)
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (743 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1861891636 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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'eclectic and intelligent a thought-provoking analysis' - Financial Times 'the scope of Mr Pascoe's rumination is impressive' - The Economist
Dwelling on the artfully abstracted shapes of noses, wings, and tails, he declared : "Ponder a moment on the truth of these objects! Clearness of function!"In Aircraft, David Pascoe follows this lead and offers a startling new account of the form of the airplane, an object that, in the course of a hundred years, has developed from a flimsy contraption of wood, wire and canvas into a machine compounded of exotic materials whose wings can touch the edges of space.Tracing the airplane through the twentieth century, he considers the subject from a number of perspectives: as an inspiration for artists, architects and politicians; as a miracle of engineering; as a product of industrialized culture; as a device of military ambition; and, finally, in its clearness of function, as an instance of sublime technology.Profusely illustrated and authoritatively written, Aircraft offers not just a fresh account of aeronautical design, documenting, in particular, the forms of earlier flying machines and the dependence of later projec
He is the author of Peter Greenaway: Museums and Moving Images (Reaktion, 1997) and Airspaces (Reaktion, 2001).. David Pascoe is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Glasgow
Utterly Delicious I loved this book. Great, clear English. Encompassing historical and technological statements. READ this!!