Remaking the world
Subtitle: adventures in engineering
By: Henry Petroski.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Engineering
Notes: "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1997."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-226) and index.
Table of contents: title: Images of an engineer; title: Alfred Nobel's prizes; title: Henry Martyn Robert; title: James Nasmyth; title: On the backs of envelopes; title: Good drawings and bad dreams; title: Failed promises; title: In context; title: Men and women of progress; title: Soil mechanics; title: Is technology wired?; title: Harnessing steam; title: The Great Eastern; title: Driven by economics; title: The Panama Canal; title: The Ferris wheel; title: Hoover Dam; title: The Channel Tunnel; title: The Petronas towers.