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The Engineering Book

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Engineering is where human knowledge meets real-world problems and solves them. It's the source of some of our greatest inventions, from the wheel to the jet engine. Marshall Brain, creator of the How Stuff Works series and a professor at the Engineering Entrepreneurs Program at NCSU, provides a detailed look at 250 milestones in the discipline.

He covers the various areas, including chemical, aerospace and computer engineering, from ancient history to the present. The topics include architectural wonders like the Acropolis, the Great Wall of China and the Eiffel Tower; transportation advances such as the high-speed bullet train; medical innovations, including the artificial heart and kidney dialysis; developments in communications, such as the mobile phone; as well as air conditioning, DNA fingerprinting, the large Hadron Collider, drones and more.á

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ISBN: 9781454908098
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Author: Marshall Brain
Publisher: Sterling
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 528 pages
Series: Sterling Milestones
Genres: History of engineering and technology

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