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The focus of these titles is on the mechanization of society, both domestically and on a commercial and industrial scale. The titles, which were originally published between 1924 and 1927 represent a positive view of the dramatic achievements that technology will bring. ...
Published February 29th 2008 by Routledge
Series: Government Official History Series
Commissioned by the Cabinet Office and using hitherto untapped British Government records, this book presents an in-depth analysis of the successful project of 1986-94. This is a vivid portrayal of the complexities of quadripartite decision-making (two countries, plus the public and...
Published June 29th 2006 by Routledge
Of Stones and Man explores the many errors of judgement made by civilizations both ancient and modern across the world. Arrogance and a penchant for excess drove mankind to build ever greater and more ambitious edifices. The author analyzes these works from a scientific and historically-sensitive...
Published August 31st 2005 by Taylor & Francis
Of Stones and Man explores the many errors of judgement made by civilizations both ancient and modern across the world. Arrogance and a penchant for excess drove mankind to build ever greater and more ambitious edifices. The author analyzes these works from a scientific and historically-sensitive...
Published August 31st 2005 by Taylor & Francis
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Women engineers have been in the public limelight for decades, yet we have surprisingly little historically grounded understanding of the patterns of employment and education of women in this field. Most studies are either policy papers or limited to statistical analyses. Moreover, the scant...
Published December 20th 2000 by Routledge
This volume contains invited contributions from eight of the Gold Medal winners of the Institution of Structural Engineers, presented at the seminar held to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the granting of the Royal Charter to the Institution. The authors are among the pre-eminent engineers of the...
Published November 26th 1997 by CRC Press
The Channel Tunnel is a huge construction project, employing over 14,000 people at peak, and costing over 11 billion of private money. It has succeeded in spite of great financial, political and techncial difficulties, and a fundamentally flawed contract. This book tells the story of the project,...
Published May 18th 1994 by CRC Press
Written in straightforward non-technical language, with numerous diagrams and photographs, this book takes a look at ‘the invisible art’ of the great builders: how they founded their constructions in the earth and strove to understand and combat the natural forces, such as earth pressures, water,...
Published December 31st 1990 by Taylor & Francis
