TITLE:
Bridges : three thousand years of defying nature / David J. Brown.
By:
Publication Date:
2005
Publication Information:
Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books,
Physical Description:
208 p. : col. ill.
Summary:
Bridges celebrates the stunning technical and artistic achievements in the creation, design, engineering, construction and social history of 100 remarkable bridges. The book reveals the secrets and science of the timeless masonry of imperial Rome, the elegant wooden edifices of ancient Japan and the soaring steel structures of today.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781554070992
