Imagine you woke up one morning to find everything created by
engineers had disappeared. What would you see? No cars, no houses; no
phones, bridges or roads. No tunnels under tidal rivers, no soaring
skyscrapers. The impact that engineering has had on the human
experience is undeniable, but it is also often invisible. In BUILT,
structural engineer Roma Agrawal takes a unique look at how
construction has evolved from the mud huts of our ancestors to
skyscrapers of steel that reach hundreds of metres into the sky. She
unearths how engineers have tunnelled through kilometres of solid
mountains; how they've bridged across the widest and deepest of
rivers, and tamed Nature's precious – and elusive – water
resources. She tells vivid tales of the visionaries who created the
groundbreaking materials in the Pantheon's record-holding concrete
dome and the frame of the record-breaking Eiffel Tower. Through the
lens of an engineer, Roma examines tragedies like the collapse of the
Quebec Bridge, highlighting the precarious task of ensuring people's
safety they hold at every step. With colourful stories of her
life-long fascination with buildings – and her own hand-drawn
illustrations – Roma reveals the extraordinary secret lives of
structures.
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The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781408870341
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Publishing
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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