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The Engineering Book: From the Catapult to the Curiosity Rover, 250 Milestones in the History of Engineering
By Brain, Marshall
- ISBN
- 9781454908098 9781454908104
- Publisher
- Sterling
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Reviewed on June 15, 2015 | Science and Technology
Brain (founder of HowStuffWorks.com; How Stuff Works) describes here 250 engineering marvels, focusing not on how they operate but the performance requirements needed to achieve functionality. A book that proposes to introduce engineering feats across time is a daunting task, and readers will see quickly the errors of omissions that such a work inevitably entails. Most of the f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
