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Great Engineering Fails.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Krasner, Barbara.
- Series:
- Searchlight Books (tm) -- Celebrating Failure
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- System failures (Engineering).
- Structural failures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (36 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Lerner Publishing Group, 2020.
- Summary:
- Barbara Krasner's 'Great Engineering Fails' explores notable engineering mishaps throughout history, highlighting how these failures have paved the way for significant advancements. The book discusses various engineering disasters, such as the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and challenges faced in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. It emphasizes the importance of learning from mistakes to achieve engineering successes. Aimed at young readers aged 8-10, the book aims to inspire an understanding of engineering by showcasing how failures contribute to progress. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Information
- Contents
- Chapter 1 From Wrong to Wright
- Chapter 2 Building Bridges
- Chapter 3 Snow Job
- Chapter 4 Lost at Sea
- Glossary
- Learn More about Engineering Fails
- Index
- Photo Acknowledgments
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9781541594234
- 1541594231
- 9781541583368
- 1541583361
- OCLC:
- 1105737512
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