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Monsters : the Hindenburg disaster and the birth of pathological technology / Ed Regis

Regis, Edward, 1944- [author.]

New York, NY : Basic Books, c 2015

XX, 325 S. : Ill. ; 25 cm

Englisch

The man in the skyThe philosopher's stone of flight -- The flying bomb -- The delirium -- Demystifying Gargantua -- A technological anomaly -- Death rattle of a Leviathan -- From hubris to horror in thirty-four seconds -- Pathological technology's chamber of horrors -- Progress through H-bombs -- The Godzilla of physics -- Stardate 90305.55 -- Endings -- The six Hindenburgs -- The pathology of delirium.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293 - 305) and index

978-0-465-06594-3 (hardcover)

978-0-465-06160-0 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2015022692

9780465065943

OCoLC: 927904486 (aus SWB)     

ZO 7050      Ähnliche Literatur

TL659.H5

303.48/30904

Basisklassifikation: 55.59 (Ballons; Luftschiffe; Fallschirme)

SSG-Nummer(n): 19,2

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LOC-SH: Hindenburg (Airship) ; Aircraft accidents ; Technological innovations -- Social aspects ; Technology -- History ; Technology -- Risk assessment