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2) Engineering
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
Description
Presents facts about engineering and the machines and buildings that shape everyday life, covering such examples as skyscrapers, smart phones, 3D printers, and amusement park rides.
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English
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The New York City Subway System has been carrying passengers for more than a century. Engineering the NYC Subway System explores how designers drew up plans for the subway, how workers built the underground system in one of the world's busiest cities, and how commuters still rely on its hundreds of trains today. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents,...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"This accessible nonfiction compendium explores the creation of 10 global landmarks, from the first spark of an idea to the final layer of paint. Acclaimed educator Rekha S. Rajan encourages readers to see themselves as the engineers, builders, architects, and more through interactive stories and a unique structure"--
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Have you ever wanted to design a building or a machine? You may want to become an engineer. Engineers train their brains to think in a problem-solving way. With the help of the ideas in this book, you can start to think like an engineer too"--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
c2006
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English
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Presents step-by-step instructions for making nineteen of Leonardo da Vinci's inventions, including a perspectograph, camera obscura, hydrometer, safety bridge, walk-on-water shoes, and--miniature versions of--his helicopter and tank, and provides background on each
12) I love my city
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The big book of civil engineering for curious kids...Explore cities past, present, and future in this ricly illustrated global guide to everything urban."--
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English
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This is a rhyming-text picture book about Raye Montague. After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she know sexism and racial inequality would challenge that dream every step of the way, even keeping her greatest career accomplishment a secret for decades. Through it all, the gifted mathematician persisted-- finally gaining her well-deserved title in history: a pioneer who changed...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"It's hands-on science with a capital "E"--For engineering. Beginning with the toppling of the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, to the destructive, laserlike sunbeams bouncing off London's infamous "Fryscraper" in 2013, here is an illustrated tour of the greatest engineering disasters in history, from the bestselling author of The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science. Each engineering disaster includes a simple,...
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