Engineers: a history of engineering and structural designb /
by Mathew Wells
- London: Routledge, 2010.
- xii, 243 p.
1. Prehistory and Ancient Times -- 2. Rome and the East (220 BC-533 AD) -- 3. Byzantium and the European Dark Ages (476-1000) -- 4. Light (1000-1600) -- 5. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) -- 6. Enlightenment (1580-1789) -- 7. Encyclopaedia (1750-1860) -- 8. The American Reconstruction (1860-1890) -- 9. Classical Analysis and Reinforced Concrete (1890-1920) -- 10. Flight and the World Wars (1900-1950) -- 11. Early Contemporaries (1945-1960) -- 12. The Continual Present (1950-2000)
Describes and illustrates engineering design as well as conditions, events, cultural influences and personalities related to it. This title is suitable for professional and student architects and engineers