Engineers : from the great pyramids to the pioneers of space travel
2012
Book
An epic visual guide to the great engineers who have built our world. Full of great tales of achievement and ingenuity, Engineers celebrates 80 of the greatest engineers that ever lived and the stamp they have left on the world. Learn all about how their projects have changed the course of history and added to human progress from the men who built the Great Pyramid in Egypt to the Industrial Revolution and the impressive structures of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and on to the pioneers of space travel and the computer scientists of today.
Main title:
Engineers : from the great pyramids to the pioneers of space travel / [editor-in-chief, Adam Hart-Davis ; written by John Farndon ... [et al.]].
Author:
Imprint:
London : Dorling Kindersley, 2012.
Collation:
360 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 31 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781405375696
Dewey class:
620.0092620
Language:
English
BRN:
205953
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southbank Library | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 620 ENGI | Available |