Innovators P: The Engineering Pioneers Who Made America Modern - Brossura

P. Billington, David

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ISBN 10: 0471140961 ISBN 13: 9780471140962

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons, 1996

Riassunto

The major engineering pioneers whose works transformed America into the world's leading modern power, from Robert Fulton and his inventions of the steamboat to Thomas Edison's construction of the first electrical power network. Introduces each of the major figures and explains how they came up with their ideas and how their works tranformed commerce, industry, and society.

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Informazioni sull?autore

DAVID P. BILLINGTON, Professor of Civil Engineering at Princeton University, is the author of The Tower and the Bridge and Robert Maillart's Bridges: The Art of Engineering, winner of the 1979 Dexter Prize as the outstanding book on the history of technology.

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The Innovators. A richly illustrated introduction to the engineering triumphs that made America modern.

Praise for The Tower and the Bridge.

"Fascinating and informative...should be required reading for architects, engineers, and anyone who is interested in the special role of structural art in our technological society." —Myron Goldsmith

"David Billington brings the special insight of an engineer to the study of history. The result is a provocative analysis...bound to excite and instruct a wide variety of readers, from the casual buff to the professional scholar. The book is a delight to read." —Merritt Roe Smith.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0471140961
• ISBN 13: 9780471140962
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile