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Works of Man (Paperback)
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Works of Man (Paperback)
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"Works of Man" is a chronicle of man's attempts from prehistoric
times to the space age to exploit for his own purposes the slowly
discerned laws of nature. Exciting, instructive, and eminently
readable, this mine of information covers the broad sweep of
technological achievements, from the invention of the wheel more
than six millennia ago to the miniaturization of the electronic
computer.Beginning with a description of the early builders in the
days of ancient Babylon, continuing through to the end of the Roman
Empire, the author goes on to explain the engineering principles
that were gradually developed in the Dark Ages, enabling men to
build the medieval cathedrals; to try to drain the Pontine marshes
near Rome, the meres of Holland, and the British fenlands; and to
raise the new military defenses that transformed warfare.
Discussion of the work of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo leads on to
the development of steam as a new source of power, and to the
growth of civil engineering that followed in Europe and the rest of
the world. Further chapters cover the change from sail to steam;
canals; railways; the use of electricity; the growth of manned
flight; the rise of the plastics industry; nuclear engineering; and
the problems of space exploration.
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