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Uncover the engineering marvels shaping our world, from dams to microchips.
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From Insight to Innovation
Engineering Ideas That Transformed America in the Twentieth Century
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280 pages
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2 February 2021
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Summary
The engineering ideas behind key twentieth-century technical innovations, from great dams and highways to the jet engine, the transistor, the microchip, and the computer.
Technology is essential to modern life, yet few of us are technology-literate enough to know much about the engineering that underpins it. In this book, David P. Billington, Jr., offers accessible accounts of the key twentieth-century engineering innovations that brought us into the twenty-first century. Billington e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262044301 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262044307 |
| Author: | David P. Billington |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 2 February 2021 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 229mm |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
178 × 229 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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About The Author
David P. Billington
David P. Billington, Jr., is a historian and author of books and articles exploring the history of engineering innovation.
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