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Engineers

From the Great Pyramids to Spacecraft


  • Dorling Kindersley
  • by Adam Hart-Davis (editor)
  • 9780241298824 | E | HB
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.

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Publisher Dorling Kindersley
ISBN 9780241298824
Author(s) Adam Hart-Davis (editor)
Publication date April 2017
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 261 x 219 mm
Illustrations throughout col.ill.
Pages 360
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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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.