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  • The Innovators, Trade

    The Engineering Pioneers Who Transformed America

    de David P. Billington ...
    A richly illustrated introduction to the engineering triumphs that made America modernIn this age of microchips and deep space probes, it's hard to imagine life before electricity or passenger trains. An astonishing series of engineering innovations paved the way to the twentieth century, and transformed America into the world's mightiest industrial power. The Innovators tells the exciting story ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Robert Maillart's Bridges

    The Art of Engineering

    de David P. Billington, Jr. ...
    The description for this book, Robert Maillart's Bridges: The Art of Engineering, will be forthcoming. ... Leer más

    $47.59 USD

  • From Insight to Innovation

    Engineering Ideas That Transformed America in the Twentieth Century

    de David P. Billington Jr. ...
    The engineering ideas behind key twentieth-century technical innovations, from great dams and highways to the jet engine, the transistor, the microchip, and the computer.Technology is essential to modern life, yet few of us are technology-literate enough to know much about the engineering that underpins it. In this book, David P. Billington, Jr., offers accessible accounts of the key twentieth ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Power, Speed, and Form

    Engineers and the Making of the Twentieth Century

    de David P. Billington, Jr., David Billington Jr. ...
    Power, Speed, and Form is the first accessible account of the engineering behind eight breakthrough innovations that transformed American life from 1876 to 1939—the telephone, electric power, oil refining, the automobile, the airplane, radio, the long-span steel bridge, and building with reinforced concrete. Beginning with Thomas Edison's system to generate and distribute electric power, the ... Leer más

    $32.39 USD

  • Big Dams of the New Deal Era

    A Confluence of Engineering and Politics

    de David P. Billington, Donald C. Jackson ...
    The massive dams of the American West were designed to serve multiple purposes: improving navigation, irrigating crops, storing water, controlling floods, and generating hydroelectricity. Their construction also put thousands of people to work during the Great Depression. Only later did the dams’ baneful effects on river ecologies spark public debate.Big Dams of the New Deal Era tells how major ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • The Tower and the Bridge

    The New Art of Structural Engineering

    de David P. Billington, Jr. ...
    Series series Princeton Science Library
    An essential exploration of the engineering aesthetics of celebrated structures from long-span bridges to high-rise buildingsWhat do structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete roofs of Pier Luigi Nervi have in common? According to The Tower and the Bridge, all are striking examples of structural art, an exciting area distinct from either architecture or machine ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Der Turm und die Brücke

    Die neue Kunst des Ingenieurbaus

    de David P. Billington ...

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    de Walther Kabel ...
    Ein Krimi-Klassiker aus den frühen 1930er Jahren. Kabel, der auch deutscher Edgar Wallace genannt wurde, schrieb diese Geschichte, die im Afrika der Kolonialzeit spielt, unter dem Namen Max Schraut. Der Krimi neu verlegt zum Wiederentdecken! ... Leer más

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  • Hammer + Veilchen Nr. 1

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    de Manfred Ach, Mirko Bonné, Elke Engelhardt, Gunter Gerlach, Herbert Hindringer, Marcus Jensen, Carsten Klook, Jobst Knigge, Walle Sayer, Bruno Teuni ...
    Die Ausgabe 1 der Flugschriften für neue Kurzprosa "Hammer+Veilchen" enthält Beiträge von 10 deutschsprachigen Autoren. Die Zeitschrift erscheint 4 Mal in Jahr, jeweils zum 15. März, 15. Juni, 15. September und 15. Dezember. Fällt einer der Erscheinungstermine auf Vollmond, verschiebt sich der Erscheinungstermin um einen Tag. Ausgabe 2 kommt am 15. Dezember heraus. Herausgeber sind Peter Engel und ... Leer más

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  • The 100 Most Influential Inventors of All Time

    de Amy McKenna ...
    Series series The Britannica Guide the World's Most Influential People
    If necessity is indeed the mother of invention, then the individuals profiled in this volume should be considered the most laudable of all midwives. They each saw a need and met it. Readers will learn more about the lives and methodologies of well-known inventors such as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison, and become familiar with several more whose creations have sometimes outstripped their ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Tesla

    Inventor of the Electrical Age

    de W. Bernard Carlson ...
    Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity, and contributed to the development of radio and television. Like his competitor Thomas Edison, Tesla was one of America's first celebrity scientists, enjoying the company of New ... Leer más

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  • The Essential Engineer

    de Henry Petroski ...
    From the acclaimed author of The Pencil and To Engineer Is Human, The Essential Engineer is an eye-opening exploration of the ways in which science and engineering must work together to address our world’s most pressing issues, from dealing with climate change and the prevention of natural disasters to the development of efficient automobiles and the search for renewable energy sources. While the ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD