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The Incredible Scream Machine: A History of the Roller Coaster

The Incredible Scream Machine: A History of the Roller Coaster - Paperback

by Robert Cartmell
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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert CartmellPublish date:1987-12-01Pages:258
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Wisconsin PressISBN-13:9780879723422ISBN-10:879723424UPC:9780879723422Book Category:Social Science, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, Historic PreservationSize:11.13 x 8.22 x 0.56 inchesWeight:1.3713Product ID:SCX1YXG243
In 1984 America celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the first successful roller coaster device: La Marcus A. Thompson's switchback railway, erected at Coney Island. Robert Cartmell examines every phase of roller coaster history, from the use of the roller coaster by Albert Einstein to demonstrate his theory of physics, to John Allen's use of psychology in designing one.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Wisconsin PressISBN-13:9780879723422ISBN-10:879723424UPC:9780879723422Book Category:Social Science, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, Historic PreservationSize:11.13 x 8.22 x 0.56 inchesWeight:1.3713Product ID:SCX1YXG243
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press

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