The Incredible Scream Machine: A History of the Roller Coaster Paperback University of Wisconsin Press
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The Incredible Scream Machine: A History of the Roller Coaster Paperback University of Wisconsin Press

The Incredible Scream Machine: A History of the Roller Coaster

University of Wisconsin Press
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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.

Author: Robert Cartmell
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 12/01/1987
Pages: 258
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 11.13h x 8.22w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780879723422
ISBN10: 0879723424
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Architecture | Historic Preservation | General