A Century of Innovation: Twenty Engineering Achievements That Transformed Our Lives - Hardcover

Constable, George; Somerville, Bob

 
9780309089081: A Century of Innovation: Twenty Engineering Achievements That Transformed Our Lives
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0309089085 ISBN 13: 9780309089081
Verlag: Joseph Henry Pr, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

Sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering, this work tells the story of engineering innovations in the 20th century. The authors provide heavily illustrated chapters on electrification, the automobile, the airplane, water supply and distribution, spacecraft, air conditioning and refrigeration, health technologies, lasers and giver optics, nuclear technologies, and high performance materials. Each chapter offers a brief narrative history of the development of the technology, illustrated descriptions of the technology's functioning, a "perspective" from someone involved in the field, and a chronology of important events. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Verlag
Joseph Henry Pr
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0309089085
ISBN 13 
9780309089081
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
256
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