Structures: The Way Things are Built - Softcover

Hawkes, Nigel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0020005105 ISBN 13: 9780020005100

Verlag: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S., 1993

Inhaltsangabe

A study of the world's greatest engineering feats illuminates the personal stories and technical genius behind such wonders as the Great Wall of China, Mount Rushmore, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad

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From the ancient to the modern, from the bizarre to the noble, the world's man-made structures stand as unsurpassed examples of the ingenuity and muscle required to transform a vision into miraculous reality. "Structures" pays tribute to these awe-inspiring feats of human creation. Here from every continent are the superlative achievements of architecture and engineering: the largest, longest, highest, most massive, and most ambitious structures ever made by human hands. Their origins, design, and construction are recounted in entertaining and informative text and illuminated with a wealth of photoraphs, working diagrams, cutaway drawings, and etchings that bring the work to life. "Structures" is both an anatomy and a celebration of the triumphant alliance of human technology and human spirit.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0020005105
• ISBN 13: 9780020005100
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240
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