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Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age
October 8, 2005
Peter L. Jakab chairman, aeronautics, Smithsonian Institution

Peter L. Jakab explains how the Wright brothers were able to achieve something that had eluded other capable engineers and scientists for centuries. Jakab also discusses the impact the airplane had not only on the technical world but on the world at large around the time of Einstein's miracle year.

This lecture is part of Einstein Fest at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada.

Health & Science | History
Aeronautics | Albert Einstein | First flight | inventions | Wright Brothers | Engineering | Profiles | Physics | Transportation
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Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
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Image of Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age
Author: Tom D. Crouch, Peter L. Jakab
Publisher: National Geographic (2003)
Binding: Hardcover, 256 pages
Author: Peter L. Jakab
Publisher: Smithsonian (1990)
Binding: Hardcover, 263 pages
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