The Gate: The True Story of the Design and Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge - Couverture souple

Van Der Zee, John

 
9780595094295: The Gate: The True Story of the Design and Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge
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ISBN 10 : 0595094295 ISBN 13 : 9780595094295
Editeur : iUniverse, 2000

Synopsis

The Gate is an absorbing panoramic account of the building of one of the world's most beautiful and famous landmarks. In a narrative richly laden with detail and the flavor of the period, John van der Zee reveals for the first time the complete history of the longest single-span suspension bridge of its time-including the identity of the man who actually designed it, which has been obscured since its completion in 1937.With novelistic flair, van der Zee recounts an exciting drama of human greed, ambition, frailty, courage, and intellectual achievement."It is among the top books on California I have ever read."-Kevin Starr, State Librarian of California and author of Americans and the California Dream"A case study of personal and technological adventure bordering on hubris...The engineers in this bok come alive as people, with all the faults and foibles associated iwth the human species. A fascinating work that shows that the best of cutting-edge engineering is much, much more than science and technology."-Henri Petroski, Nature

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Gate is an absorbing panoramic account of the building of one of the world's most beautiful and famous landmarks. In a narrative richly laden with detail and the flavor of the period, John van der Zee reveals for the first time the complete history of the longest single-span suspension bridge of its time-including the identity of the man who actually designed it, which has been obscured since its completion in 1937.With novelistic flair, van der Zee recounts an exciting drama of human greed, ambition, frailty, courage, and intellectual achievement."It is among the top books on California I have ever read."-Kevin Starr, State Librarian of California and author of Americans and the California Dream"A case study of personal and technological adventure bordering on hubris...The engineers in this bok come alive as people, with all the faults and foibles associated iwth the human species. A fascinating work that shows that the best of cutting-edge engineering is much, much more than science and technology."-Henri Petroski, Nature

Biographie de l'auteur

John van der Zee is the author of ten books. His works has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles times, the San Francisco Examiner, Town & Country, Hard Row to Hoe, and Ramparts and Zyzzyva.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595094295
ISBN 13 
9780595094295
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
388
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780671602055: The Gate: The True Story of the Design and Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0671602055 ISBN 13 :  9780671602055
Editeur : HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1987
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