The Wright Brothers: Nose-Diving into History (Epic Fails, 1)

Ben Thompson

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Language: English

Published by St Martin's Press, 2018

1250150558 / 9781250150554

Series: Book 1 of 4 - Epic Fails

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A hilarious nonfiction look at two of history's most epic "failures": the Wright brothers, whose countless crashes ultimately led to groundbreaking success. Although Orville and Wilbur Wright are celebrated today as heroes for their revolutionary contributions to science and engineering--they are acknowledged as the first men to successfully achieve powered, piloted flight--their success was hard-earned. (Spoiler alert: there were a lot of nosedives involved.) In fact, it took the self-taught engineers years of work and dozens of crashes before they managed a single twelve-second flight! In this first installment of the brand new Epic Fails series, Ben Thompson and Erik Slader take readers through the Wright brothers' many mishaps and misadventures as they paved the way for modern aviation. The Epic Fails series takes a humorous and unexpected view of history, exploring the surprising stories behind a variety of groundbreaking discoveries, voyages, experiments, and innovations, illustrating how many of mankind's biggest successes are in fact the result of some pretty epic failures. This title has Common Core connections. …

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Title
The Wright Brothers: Nose-Diving into History (Epic Fails, 1)
Author
Ben Thompson
Publisher
St Martin's Press
Publication year
2018
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardback
Language
English
ISBN 10
1250150558
ISBN 13
9781250150554
Illustrator
Foley, Tim
Series
Book 1 of 4: Epic Fails

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