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Remaking the World - Adventures in Engineering
Alfred A. Knopf, New York Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1997 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor's full black and white clothes, no dust-jacket In-8 1 vol. - 252 pages
few black and white illustrations 1st edition Contents, Chapitres : Contents, Preface, xiii, Text, 239 pages - Images of an engineer - Alfred Noble's Prizes - Henry Martyn Robert - James Nasmyth - On the backs of envelopes - Good drawings and bad dreams - Failed promises - In context - Men and women of progress - Soil mechanics - Is technology wired ? - Harnessing steam - The Great Eastern - Driven by economics - The Panama Canal - The Ferris wheel - Hoover dam - The Channel Tunnel - The Petronas tower - Acknowledgments and bibliography, list of illustrations, index no dust-jacket, else fine copy, no markings
TO ENGINEER IS HUMAN, THE ROLE OF FAILURE IN SUCCESSFUL DESIGN
St Martin's Press. 1985. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 247 pages.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
THE EVOLUTION OF USEFUL THINGS
Alfred A. Knopf. 1992. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 288 pages. Illustrations noir et blanc dans le texte.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
