David P. Billington, David Billington Jr.

Power, Speed, and Form

Engineers and the Making of the Twentieth Century

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 224mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9780691242408
• ISBN-10: 0691242402
• Artikelnr.: 63765242

Autorenporträt

David P. Billington is Gordon Y. S. Wu Professor of Engineering at Princeton University. His books include The Innovators; Robert Maillart: Designer, Builder, Artist; and The Tower and the Bridge (Princeton). David P. Billington Jr. holds a Ph.D. in modern history from the University of Texas and is an independent scholar.