num_pages: 232
description: Rather than merely tracing the factual prehistory of flight up to the success of the Wright Brothers Singer considers the interaction and influence of our dreams fantasies culture and technology on the ageold quest to fly. At first a monopoly of the gods flight came to interest humanity as a way to free itself from the physical and intellectual bonds of the earth. The mythology of flight eventually gives way to the pursuit of actual flight. Singer shows in detail the many flying machines that have been created including balloons gliders and kites.
language: None
title: Like Sex with Gods: An Unorthodox History of Flying
publisher: Texas A&M University Press Consortium