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Engineers

From the Great Pyramids to Spacecraft

Adam Hart-Davis author Adam Hart-Davis editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Published:3rd Apr '17

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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.

ISBN: 9780241298824

Dimensions: 261mm x 218mm x 30mm

Weight: 1519g

360 pages