Bridges: Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature - Softcover

Brown, David J.

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9781840001389: Bridges: Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature

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ISBN 10: 1840001380 ISBN 13: 9781840001389

Publisher: Mitchell Beazley, 1998

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Originally published in 1993. Presenting the technical and artistic achievements in the creation, design, engineering, construction and social history of more than 100 bridges, from the Ancient World to the 21st century. Organised chronologically to follow the stages in the development of bridge construction. Statistics are given for each bridge.

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Exceptional clarity of form and superb color photographs... written in clear, complete and suitably journalistic prose... Essential for undergraduate design collections.--Paul Glassman"Library Journal" (04/01/2006)

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David J. Brown is an author, editor and librarian. He is the author of How They Were Built, a children's book of architecture.

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PublisherMitchell Beazley
Publication date1998
ISBN 10 1840001380
ISBN 13 9781840001389
BindingPaperback
Number of pages176
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