Building the World: An Encyclopedia of the Great Engineering Projects in History (2 Volumes) [Hardcover]

Frank P. Davidson (Editor), Kathleen L. Brooke (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood (June 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313333734
• ISBN-13: 978-0313333736
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,535,678 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A work of art, December 30, 2007

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This review is from: Building the World: An Encyclopedia of the Great Engineering Projects in History (2 Volumes) (Hardcover)

I had spoken with one of the authors and looked forward to reading the book. I loved it. It explains the backgrounds of many great engineering works throughout the world. In two oversize volumes, it is a large book; yet I wished it were even larger, large enough to include the pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China, the Pantheon, the development of trans-Atlantic trade routes, the rerouting and control of the Rhine, the airline reservation systems, the GPS network, the unraveling of the genetic code, the Large Hadron Collider, the New York City transit system and, of course, the Internet. In addition to its wealth of information about how works were authorized, I wish it had more about how works were designed and implemented. It remains a unique and masterful book.