📗 Libro en inglés BUILDING : 3000 YEARS OF DESING, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

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3,000 Years of Design, Engineering and Construction
Bill Addis
A comprehensive survey of the history of engineering design and innovation in the Western world from ancient Egyptian times to the present
Unprecedented in subject and scope, covering engineering design, technologies and materials, treatises and literature, drafting and measuring, among other topics
Organized chronologically and follows key developments and achievements in building techniques over the centuries, from Egypt to Greece and Rome through the Gothic era, the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, and today's digital modelling
Includes more than 800 photographs, archival drawings, and specially commissioned diagrams, many from rare and hard-to-find sources
Focuses on the people and buildings that changed the history of engineering, from Vitruvius and the Parthenon to Sir Christopher Wren, Fazlur Khan, the Sydney Opera House, and the latest 'green' skyscrapers
Includes a glossary, extensive bibliography, appendices on iron and reinforced concrete, and index
A must-have reference book for students and young professionals in engineering and architecture

William Addis is the author of numerous books, academic papers, and book reviews on construction history published during the past 25 years. He holds a doctorate degree in the history and philosophy of engineering from the University of Reading, UK, where he taught for fifteen years, and lectures at professional conferences around the world.