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Anyone reading this would also enjoy reading this special issue on Santos-Dummont life [1]. In the text shows Santos-Dummont as a really applauded guy, recogni
by aylons 11y ago
Anyone reading this would also enjoy reading this special issue on Santos-Dummont life [1].
In the text shows Santos-Dummont as a really applauded guy, recognized on the street, with incredible PR skills. He called the press before any presentation and even meetings, he did not applied for any patents and shared his prizes with workers that needed it. Just the opposite from the Wright Brothers.
Sadly, this special issue is in Portuguese only. But I do think it is worth the pain of the automatic translation if you are interested in comparing the stories. It really shows how important it is to share and to see science and technology as the social endeavors they are.
[1] http://infograficos.estadao.com.br/especiais/a-redescoberta-de-santos-dumont/ http://infograficos.estadao.com.br/especiais/a-redescoberta-...
- jacquesm 11y agoAnd that also pays a much more meaningful tribute to those that paved the way, after all, any scientific advance is a minute layer added to a mountain of existing knowledge.
- themetrician 11y agoThanks for bringing Dummont up. All the Wright Brothers built was a glider that could fall from a pillar. Dummont created the first motorized airplane, which is a look more like a real airplane than an ultra-light that can't launch itself. And 100 years earlier there was an Italian that came up with a model airplane that would have flown if built to human scale. I really don't understand why people care so much about the Wright Brothers. I can't see what they invented originally at all. More information about Dummont vs Wright here: http://web.archive.org/web/20030820050506/http://www.thefirsttofly.hpg.ig.com.br/pioneer2.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20030820050506/http://www.thefirs...