Power, speed, and form: engineers and the making of the twentieth century
Auteur :
Billington, David P. / Billington Jr., David
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691102924
Date de publication :
22 oct. 2006
Dimensions :
22,9 x 21,6 cm
Poids :
851 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Presents an account of the engineering behind eight breakthrough innovations that transformed American life from 1876 to 1939 - the telephone, electric power, oil refining, the automobile, the airplane, radio, the long-span steel bridge, and building with reinforced concrete.