Structures : the way things are built / Nigel Hawkes.
Tipo de material: TextoDetalles de publicación: New York : Macmillan, 1990Edición: Marshall edDescripción: 240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cmISBN: 0025491059 :; 9780025491052Tema(s): Civil engineering -- History | Buildings -- History | Underground construction -- History | Génie civil -- Histoire | Constructions -- Histoire | Constructions souterraines -- HistoireFormatos físicos adicionales: Online version:: Structures.Clasificación CDD: 624/.09 Clasificación LoC:TA19 | H38 1990Tipo de ítem | Biblioteca actual | Colección | Signatura | Copia número | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras |
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Libro | Biblioteca Central Tijuana | Acervo General | TA19 H38 1990 (Browse shelf(Abre debajo)) | 1 | Disponible | TIJ086806 |
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Introduction -- Location map -- [pt. 1]. Monolithic memorials -- London's Egyptian Obelisk -- The Terracotta Army -- The Granite Icon -- Monument to Freedom -- Builders of a Nation -- Monument to Victory -- [pt. 2]. Architectural achievements -- Shrine to the God of the Wind -- Legendary Mexican Tomb -- Pyramids : shrines of the ancients -- Stronghold of the Crusaders -- The Sacred City -- The Imperial Labyrinth -- Paxton's inspiration from nature -- Paxton's influence -- Gaudi's Gothic masterpiece -- Gaudi's creative genius -- Stairway to the sky -- Eiffel's other works -- The steel and concrete forest -- The geodesic golfball -- The glass tent -- Australia's architectural symbol -- The ultimate stadium -- Symbol of a city -- The tallest towers -- A private Xanadu -- The biggest church in the world -- World within a world --
[pt. 3]. Feats of civil engineering -- The longest bastion -- Joining the oceans -- Canals across the world -- LInes across a nation -- Tracks through the Taiga -- A concrete triumph -- Harnessing the power of water -- Taming the seas -- Conquest of the Alps -- The world's greatest highways -- Darby's metal masterpiece -- The longest span -- Bridges of distinction -- Massive seabed structure -- Generators of the future -- Nuclear Goliath -- Harness of the sun -- [pt. 4]. Underground engineering achievements -- Subterranean mausoleum -- Factory beneath a mountain -- Giant collision tunnel -- Railroad under the sea -- Great tunnels -- [pt. 5]. Astronomical constructions -- Cosmic time machine -- The ultimate radio telescope -- Recorder of the heavens -- Gazetteer -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements.
The stories behind more than 80 of the world's most extraordinary feats of building.
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