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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsPushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineeringby Henry Petroski
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Here are two dozen tales in the grand adventure of engineering from the Henry Petroski, who has been called America's poet laureate of technology. Pushing the Limits celebrates some of the largest things we have created-bridges, dams, buildings: and provides a startling new vision of engineering's past, its present, and its future. Along the way it highlights our greatest successes, like London's Tower Bridge; our most ambitious projects, like China's Three Gorges Dam; our most embarrassing moments, like the wobbly Millennium Bridge in London; and our greatest failures, like the collapse of the twin towers on September 11. Throughout, Petroski provides fascinating and provocative insights into the world of technology with his trademark erudition and enthusiasm for the subject. About the AuthorHenry Petroski is the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University. The author of eleven previous books, he lives in Durham, North Carolina.
Table of ContentsPreface
BRIDGES Art in Iron and Steel Bridges of America Benjamin Franklin Bridge Floating Bridges Confederation Bridge Pont de Normandie Britannia Bridge Tower Bridge Drawing Bridges An Eye-Opening Bridge Millennium Legacies Broken Bridges New and Future Bridges AND OTHER THINGS Dorton Arena Bilbao Santiago Calatrava Fazlur Khan The Fall of Skyscrapers Vanities of the Bonfire St. Francis Dam Three Gorges Dam Fuel Cells Engineers Dreams Engineers Achievements Acknowledgments and Bibliography List of Illustrations and Credits Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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