'“The Wright Brothers” will do more than help Americans tell Orville from Wilbur.

Fighting the persistent myth of invention’s “aha” moment, McCullough shows

the importance of experiment, error and inspiration in nature.

Although they studied early gliders, Orville and Wilbur also watched birds.

“Learning the secret of flight from a bird,” Orville said, “is a good deal like learning

the secret of magic from a magician.”

Likewise, to learn history from a master storyteller is to relive the past.'

--Bruce Watson, SFGate