Adam Hart-Davis,Charles Joseph Van Depoele
Engineers have always had a huge influence on the way we live and how our world looks. They create lasting solutions to the biggest challenges, and construct iconic and incredible buildings that have literally stood the test of time. ,
  ,Engineers,
, tells their story, from the men who built the Great Pyramid in Egypt to the pioneers of space travel.,Engineering is closely related to sciences of every discipline, and this book shows how engineers were involved in all aspects of the built world. ,
  ,Engineers,
, describes in detail the work and achievements of those who devoted their lives to the advancement of society.,Often many different minds worked together or built on the work of previous generations to achieve a working version of a great idea: ,
  ,Engineers,
, explores this progression of ideas, from initial concept to prototype and finished design. The great achievements of engineers go hand in hand with the world's greatest structures, such as aqueducts, monuments, bridges, and dams. These works are shown in detail and highlighted with beautiful illustrations, photographs, and technical drawings.,The book is structured broadly chronologically, with the bulk of the title comprising biography spreads that showcase the key movers and shakers. These pages are interspersed with feature spreads, such as "virtual tours" that bring the reader up close and personal to vast structures and intricate inventions, and timelines that chart the evolution of pivotal technologies.,All new material.,List of engineers included:,THE EARLY ENGINEERS:, Imhotep; Eupalinos; Sostratus of Cneidos; Apollodores of Damascus; Vitruvius and Philon; Ktesibios; Hero of Alexandria; Ma Jun; Archimedes; Zhang Heng,RENAISSANCE & ENLIGHTENMENT:, Banumousa brothers; Al-Jazari; Taqui al-Din; Guo Shoujing; Taccola; Filippo Brunelleschi; Leonardo da Vinci; Cornelius Drebbel minibiog Simon Stevin; Peter Henlein and Robert Hooke; Christian Huygens; John Harrison; Pierre-Paul Riquet; John Rennie; Guilllaume Boutheroue; Benjamin Wright; James Brindley; William Jessop; Joseph Chaley; Denis Papin; Thomas Newcomen; Thomas Savery minibiog: Edward Somerset;,THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION:, James Watt; Jacob Perkins; Richard Trevithick minibiog: Nicolas Cugnot; Ernst Alban; Benjamin Franklin; Alessandro Volta; Michael Faraday; William Sturgeon & Joseph Henry; Richard Arkwright & Edmund Cartwright; minibiog: John Kay; Sam Slater & Eli Whitney; Joseph Bramah & Henry Maudslay; Nasmyth & Whitworth; Robert Mylne; Thomas Telford; Marc Sequin; William Tierney Clark; The Roeblings; Montgolfier bros minibiog Jean-FranÃ§ois Pilate de Rozier; Robert Brothers; Alberto Santos-Dumont; Ferdinand von Zeppelin minibiog: Ludwig Durr;,THE MACHINE AGE:, Robert Fulton; George & Robert Stephenson; minibiog Stephen Harriman; Isambard Kingdom Brunel minibiog Mark Brunel; John Frank Stevens minibiog Theodore Judah; William Tritton; Michaux brothers minibiog Karl von Drais; Oliver Evans; Robert Stirling; Goldsworthy Gurney; Samuel Colt; Cyrus McCormick; Joseph Paxton; William Armstrong; William Thomson (Lord Kelvin); Henry Bessamer; Werner von Siemens; Charles van Depoele; Monier and Freytag; Winstanley & Smeaton; William Arrol minibiog David Kirkaldy; Joseph Engelberger; Joseph Bazalgette minibiog John Snow; EugÃ¨ne Belgerand; Hertha Ayrton; Julio Cervera; Nikola Tesla; Thomas Edison minibiog Charles Parson; Guglielmo Marconi; Emil Berliner; ,MODERN TIMES:, Karl Benz; Rudolf Diesel & Gottlieb Daimler; Ferdinand Porsch minibiog Robert Bosch; Henry Ford; Louis Le Prince; LumiÃ¨re brothers; William LeBaron Jenney minibiog Elisha Otis; Vladimir Shukov minibiog Gustav Eiffel; Eduardo Torroja; Tachu Naito; Fazlur Khan;Otto Lilienthal; Otto Lilienthal; Octave Chanute; John Stringfellow; George Caylay; Hiram Maxim; The Wright Brothers; Juan de la Cierva; Frank Whittle & Hans von Ohain; Hugo Junkers minibiog Sikorsky; Robert Goddard; Sergey Korolyev; Wernher von Braun; Burt Rutan
History,Science,Science,Engineering,Nonfiction
Engineers