Structures: The way things are built
Science writer Hawkes provides informative, non-technical accounts of the origin, design, and constr...
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Science writer Hawkes provides informative, non-technical accounts of the origin, design, and construction of 43 of the most ambitious structures ever built the oldest being by the Egyptians and the newest the huge scientific instruments in Chile and Switzerland designed to study the infinities of space and the infinitesimal structure of the atom. Even the illustrations are awesome some 500 photographs, diagrams, drawings and etchings, all in color. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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