Engineers

Informationen zum Autor Adam Hart-Davis Klappentext A celebration of the greatest engineers and the stamp they have left on our world - from the Great Pyramid in Egypt to the Industrial Revolution, the structures of Isambard Kingdom Brunel to space travel, "Engineers" is bursting with technical drawings, blueprints and virtual tours. Zusammenfassung Full of incredible tales of achievement and ingenuity, Engineers celebrates the greatest engineers that ever lived and the stamp they have left on our world. Learn all about how engineering projects have changed the course of history and added to human progress, from those who built the Great Pyramid in Egypt to the Industrial Revolution and beyond. Discover the impressive structures of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the first forays into space travel, and the pioneering computer scientists of today. From initial concepts to prototypes and finished designs, Engineers is full to bursting with technical drawings, specially commissioned artworks, blueprints and virtual tours that help bring engineering's greatest structures, inventions and technological breakthroughs to life.

Product details

• Authors: Joh Farndon, John Farndon, Hug Ferguson, Hugh Ferguson, Joe et al Fullman, Adam Hart-Davis, Hart-Davis Adam
• Assisted by: Ada Hart-Davis (Editor), Adam Hart-Davis (Editor)
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2017
• EAN: 9780241298824
• ISBN: 978-0-241-29882-4
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 220 mm x 265 mm x 25 mm
• Series: DK History Changers
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Technology: general, reference works; History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General), TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Reference, Inventions and inventors