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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Matthew Wells (Techniker, London, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.630kg ISBN: 9780415325257ISBN 10: 0415325250 Pages: 244 Publication Date: 01 March 2010 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. 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)ReviewsThis book appears to be an ambitious project. Not only does the author propose a `history of engineering and structural design' from prehistory to present time (2000, p. 5), but he also seeks to contribute to a comprehensive and critical analysis about the way in which engineering and the innovation process have developed all along this time and in different parts of the world. This is a real challenge, to which Matthew Wells successfully responds, due to his comprehensive reading and to his methodological approach. - Elisabeth Campagnac, Construction Management and Economics, July 2012 This book appears to be an ambitious project. Not only does the author propose a 'history of engineering and structural design' from prehistory to present time (2000, p. 5), but he also seeks to contribute to a comprehensive and critical analysis about the way in which engineering and the innovation process have developed all along this time and in different parts of the world. This is a real challenge, to which Matthew Wells successfully responds, due to his comprehensive reading and to his methodological approach. - Elisabeth Campagnac, Construction Management and Economics, July 2012 Author InformationMatthew Wells, a Chartered Architect and Engineer, has taught at various schools of architecture including Nottingham School of Architecture as a unit tutor. He is an external examiner at Liverpool University School of Architecture and has been a technical tutor at the Bartlett School of Architecture for 10 years. He is best known as the founder and director of Techniker Ltd, Consulting Structural Engineers and has worked with leading architects such as Lifschutz Davidson and Eva Jiricna on footbridges, glass staircases and many contemporary leading edge projects. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |