Building A Bridge
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The Great Bridge
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Author : David McCullough
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2001-06
The Great Bridge written by David McCullough and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06 with History categories.
First published in 1972, The Great Bridge is the classic account of one of the greatest engineering feats of all time. Winning acclaim for its comprehensive look at the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, this book helped cement David McCullough's reputation as America's preeminent social historian. Now, The Great Bridge is reissued as a Simon & Schuster Classic Edition with a new introduction by the author. This monumental book brings back for American readers the heroic vision of the America we once had. It is the enthralling story of one of the greatest events in our nation's history during the Age of Optimism -- a period when Americans were convinced in their hearts that all great things were possible. In the years around 1870, when the project was first undertaken, the concept of building a great bridge to span the East River between the great cities of Manhattan and Brooklyn required a vision and determination comparable to that which went into the building of the pyramids. Throughout the fourteen years of its construction, the odds against the successful completion of the bridge seemed staggering. Bodies were crushed and broken, lives lost, political empires fell, and surges of public emotion constantly threatened the project. But this is not merely the saga of an engineering miracle: it is a sweeping narrative of the social climate of the time and of the heroes and rascals who had a hand in either constructing or obstructing the great enterprise. Amid the flood of praise for the book when it was originally published, Newsday said succinctly "This is the definitive book on the event. Do not wait for a better try: there won't be any."
Building A Bridge To The 18th Century
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Author : Neil Postman
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2011-06-08
Building A Bridge To The 18th Century written by Neil Postman and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-08 with Social Science categories.
At a time when we are reexamining our values, reeling from the pace of change, witnessing the clash between good instincts and "pragmatism," dealing with the angst of a new millennium, Neil Postman, one of our most distinguished observers of contemporary society, provides for us a source of guidance and inspiration. In Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century he revisits the Enlightenment, that great flowering of ideas that provided a humane direction for the future -- ideas that formed our nation and that we would do well to embrace anew. He turns our attention to Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Kant, Edward Gibbon, Adam Smith, Thomas Paine, Jefferson, and Franklin, and to their then-radical thinking about inductive science, religious and political freedom, popular education, rational commerce, the nation-state, progress, and happiness. Postman calls for a future connected to traditions that provide sane authority and meaningful purpose -- as opposed to an overreliance on technology and an increasing disregard for the lessons of history. And he argues passionately for specific new guidelines in the education of our children, with renewed emphasis on developing the intellect as successfully as we are developing a computer-driven world. Witty, provocative, and brilliantly reasoned, Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century is Neil Postman's most radical, and most commonsensical, book yet.
Building The Bridge As You Walk On It
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Author : Robert E. Quinn
language : en
Publisher: Wiley + ORM
Release Date : 2011-01-13
Building The Bridge As You Walk On It written by Robert E. Quinn and has been published by Wiley + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-13 with Business & Economics categories.
Building the Bridge As You Walk On It tells the personal stories of people who have embraced deep change and inspired author Robert Quinn to take his concept one step further and develop a new model of leadershipthe fundamental state of leadership. The exploration of this transformative state is at the very heart of the book. Quinn shows how anyone can enter the fundamental state of leadership by engaging in the eight practices that center on the theme of ever-increasing integrityreflective action, authentic engagement, appreciative inquiry, grounded vision, adaptive confidence, detached interdependence, responsible freedom, and tough love. After each chapter, Quinn challenges you to assess yourself with respect to each practice and to formulate a strategy for personal growth.
Constructing A Bridge
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Author : Eda Kranakis
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1997
Constructing A Bridge written by Eda Kranakis and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Science categories.
A historical look at styles of technological research and design. If it is true, as Tocqueville suggested, that social and class systems shape technology, research, and knowledge, then the effects should be visible both at the individual level and at the level of technical institutions and local environments. That is the central issue addressed in Constructing a Bridge, a tale of two cultures that investigates how national traditions shape technological communities and their institutions and become embedded in everyday engineering practice. Eda Kranakis first examines these issues in the work of two suspension bridge designers of the early nineteenth century: the American inventor James Finley and the French engineer Claude-Louis-Marie-Henri Navier. Finley--who was oriented toward the needs of rural, frontier communities--designed a bridge that could be easily reproduced and constructed by carpenters and blacksmiths. Navier--whose professional training and career reflected a tradition of monumental architecture and had linked him closely to the Parisian scientific community--designed an elegant, costly, and technically sophisticated structure to be built in an elite district of Paris. Charting the careers of these two technologists and tracing the stories of their bridges, Kranakis reveals how local environments can shape design goals, research practices, and design-to-construction processes. Kranakis then offers a broader look at the technological communities and institutions of nineteenth-century France and America and at their ties to technological practice. She shows how conditions that led to Finley's and Navier's distinct designs also fostered different systems of technical education as well as distinct ideologies and traditions of engineering research.The result of this two-tiered, comparative approach is a reorientation of a historiographic tradition initiated by Tocqueville (and explored more recently by Eugene Ferguson, John Kasson, and others) toward a finer-grained analysis of institutional and local environments as mediators between national traditions and individual styles of technological research and design.
How To Build A Bridge
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Author : Square Root of Squid Publishing
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-05-25
How To Build A Bridge written by Square Root of Squid Publishing and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-25 with categories.
Learn how bridges are designed and built while actually building them (out of paper). This bridge building paper model kit comes complete with cut out plans and instructions for a truss bridge, a beam bridge, an arch bridge, and a cable stayed bridge. Plus, learn how actual bridges are built with the illustrated methods and techniques of building real bridges through out the book. But WAIT! There's MORE! Test your bridges breaking points and record the results on the results page. This book is great for future Architects, Designers, and Engineers. INCLUDED Truss bridge cut out plans and instructions Beam bridge cut out plans and instructions Arch bridge cut out plans and instructions Cable Stayed bridge cut out plans and instructions Illustrated methods and techniques on how real bridges are built Results graph page Fill in bridge engineering certificate
Building A Bridge
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Author : Lisa Shook Begaye
language : en
Publisher: Rising Moon Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 1999-04
Building A Bridge written by Lisa Shook Begaye and has been published by Rising Moon Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-04 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
On the first day of kindergarten, with the help of their teacher, a Navajo girl and a white girl learn to overlook their different appearances and become friends.
The Bridge
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Author : Gay Talese
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2014-10-28
The Bridge written by Gay Talese and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-28 with History categories.
For the fiftieth anniversary of the completion of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, a beautifully produced, heavily illustrated edition of Gay Talese's classic history of the iconic structure, now with a new introduction by the author. The Verrazano Narrows Bridge, linking the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island, is an engineering marvel. At 13,700 feet, it is the longest suspension bridge in the United States and the sixth longest in the world. But the sheer size of the bridge is only one part of its complicated, fascinating history. Renowned journalist Gay Talese chronicled the human drama the bridge's completion: from the construction workers high on the beams to the backroom dealing that displaced whole neighborhoods to make way for the bridge, through to the opening of this marvel of human ingenuity and engineering. Now in a new, beautifully packaged edition featuring dozens of breathtaking photos and architectural drawings, The Bridge remains both a riveting narrative of politics and courage and a demonstration of Talese's consummate reporting and storytelling that will captivate new generations of readers.
Building A Small Cable Suspension Bridge
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Author : Marvin Denmark
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-06-01
Building A Small Cable Suspension Bridge written by Marvin Denmark and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with categories.
Marvin Denmark, a builder and craftsman with 45+ years of experience, demonstrates the process he used to design and construct a small cable suspension bridge. This book includes some suspension bridge history along with engineering considerations, then explains and illustrates with diagrams and full-color photos the step by step process that was used to complete the project. His blog, wildcatman.wordpress.com, has excerpts from the book, a new cable locking system design, and a recent price list for parts for his bridge. A trailer for the cable locking system including video of the bridge building process is here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLXrzC9K5wQ Anyone who is looking for ideas for a footbridge that is relatively easy to build without the use of heavy equipment or difficult to replace components may benefit from the design in this book and by using the patented "cable locking system."
Bridge Building
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Author : Alister E. McGrath
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Bridge Building written by Alister E. McGrath and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Apologetics categories.
Love Can Build A Bridge
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Author : Naomi Judd
language : en
Publisher: Fawcett
Release Date : 1994
Love Can Build A Bridge written by Naomi Judd and has been published by Fawcett this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Half of the popular mother-daughter team of country singers recounts their rags-to-riches story, their successful career, their relationship, and their struggle with the illness that forced her premature retirement. Reprint.