Martyrs made in the sky: The Zénith balloon tragedy and the construction of the French Third Republic’s first scientific heroes

Martyrs made in the sky: The Zénith balloon tragedy and the construction of the French Third Republic’s first scientific heroes

Following the balloon's invention in 1783, the French greeted the technology with enthusiasm, speculating extensively about its potential scientific and practical applications. However, the lack of progress in navigating against the winds discredited ballooning, and in the following decades it...

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Main Author: DE OLIVEIRA, Patrick Luiz Sullivan
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
Subjects:
history of science
history of France
scientific martyrs
ballooning
Franco-Prussian War
aeronautics
French Third Republic
European History
Intellectual History
Political Science
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3436
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4693/viewcontent/rsnr.2019.0022_pvoa.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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