The Incredible Scream Machine: A History of the Roller Coaster

by Robert Cartmell

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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.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0879723424

ISBN13:9780879723422

Release Date:January 1987

Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press

Length:258 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 8.2" x 11.1"

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