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Loading... The Builders: Marvels of Engineeringby National Geographic Society
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. The book is very good and in my opinion fairly easy to read if you Know a thing or two about engineering and costruction. All the pictures break up the bok nicely and further explains the writing of the book. The book provides a lot of info on a wide range of buildings fromanciant roads to modernd skyscrappers. (  ) murder | Aug 31, 2009 |  LAND1  Earl_Dunn | Oct 28, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
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* Winner of the International Architecture Book Award
* More than 400 photographs, detailed diagrams, and period engravings
* Handy reference format
This fascinating book chronicles some of the world's greatest engineering wonders from ancient times to the present -- the longest bridges, the highest dams, the tallest buildings, the grandest cathedrals. Learn how ancient Romans built a highway network that rivals the U.S. interstate system. Explore the world's most ambitious man-made landmarks from the Great Pyramids and St. Peter's Basilica to the Golden Gate Bridge and the English "Chunnel." Six chapters describe engineering feats, highlight the technological break-throughs, and introduce the builders who made them possible. The Builders celebrates how humankind harnessed nature's power, overcame its challenges, and constructed monuments to our society.
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