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Megastructures: Tallest, Longest, Biggest, Deepest (큰 사이즈 하드커버, 슈퍼바이) |
Super Buy Megastructures: Tallest, Longest, Biggest, Deepest (큰 사이즈 하드커버, 슈퍼바이) |
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인류가 최고의 지혜를 모아서 만든 위대한 건축물들은 오랜 세월이 흘러도 우리 곁에 남아서 신비로움과 경탄을 자아냅니다. 이집트의 피라미드와 로마의 콜로세움부터 현대의 거대한 마천루빌딩, 가장 긴 교량, 가장 깊은 터널, 거대한 해상시추선, 인공섬, 댐, 타워, 돔경기장에 이르기까지 지구상에서 가장 높고, 가장 길고, 가장 크고, 가장 깊은 수백개의 위대한 건축물들을 수백장에 달하는 선명한 실사 사진들과 각종 도표들을 이용해서 흥미진진하게 소개하는 책입니다. 단순히 건축물의 외형 및 제원 등만 소개하는 것이 아니라, 각각의 건축물들이 지니고 있는 원리와 특징 등도 자세히 설명하고 있어서 건축물에 흥미를 지니고 있는 독자들에게는 생생하고 깊이있는 지식을 전달해 줍니다. 성공한 건축물 뿐만 아니라 실패한 건축물들도 함께 보여주며, 실패 원인이 무엇인지도 분석하고 있습니다. 아울러 첨단 과학기술이 사용되는 미래의 첨단 건축물들도 수록하고 있어서 건축물의 발전 방향도 알 수 있습니다. 거대한 건축물들을 실감나게 체험할 수 있도록, 길이가 약 1미터에 달하는 커다란 Fold-out 페이지들도 여러장이 포함되어 있어서 더욱 흥미를 갖고 이 책을 즐길 수 있습니다. 건축에 관심이 있는 어린 아이들은 총 128페이지에 걸쳐 실려 있는 수백장의 실사 사진만 봐도 큰 만족을 얻을 수 있는 책입니다. 큰 사이즈의 튼튼한 하드커버책입니다. [ 서지 정보 ] Hardcover: 128 pages ISBN-10: 1770851119 ISBN-13: 978-1770851115 책 크기: 28.2 cm x 25.7 cm [ 영문 서평 ] Book Description An in-depth look at the world's mightiest structures. Stunning foldout pages, panels, diagrams, photographs and "Mega Facts" boxes make this book a stimulating read for all ages. Megastructures describes how and why these structures were designed and built. It explains the physics behind the designs, which allows buildings, dams or bridges to rise to incredible heights, withstand enormous pressures, and resist collapse from environmental forces. The book is organized into four sections. Towering Giants: skyscrapers, towers, monuments, offshore platforms Burj Khalifa Skyscraper (gatefold) -- casts shadows on passing clouds Troll A Gas Platform -- its legs weigh an astonishing 72,300 tons each Pearl River Tower -- the first "green" skyscraper Gigantic Lengths: wide and long, over and under Types of bridges -- beam, arch, cantilever, suspension, cable-stayed Öresund Link (gatefold) -- joins Denmark and Sweden Gatthard Base Tunnel -- at 35 miles, the world's longest Massive Monsters and Darkest Depths: stadiums, islands, dams London's Olympic Stadium (gatefold) -- cut-away diagrams Hoover Dam -- changing a river course Palm Islands, Dubai -- palm-tree shaped artificial islands longest Darkest Depths: mines, power stations, ice cores Channel Tunnel (gatefold) -- a network of interlinking tunnels and passages Thunder Horse Oil Field -- the deepest oil field ever found Bingham Canyon Mine -- the world's deepest opencast mine longest In each chapter, Megastructures also looks at Failures and Accidents, including such frightening events as windows falling out, roofs collapsing, floods and explosions. Future chapters in each section describe the monsters of tomorrow, like the pickle-shaped Gherkin tower, the Lake Vostok tunnel deep under Antarctic ice and the Bering Bridge linking the USA and Russia. A glossary of words highlighted in the text, a resources section and an index round out this riveting book. Kirkus Reviews Graham explores the building of "megastructures," from skyscrapers to stadiums, bridges to dams, opera houses, tunnels and oil-drilling platforms. This is one of those big, busy books that jams a lot of information onto the page via boxed insets, quick, jumpy paragraphs with attention-grabbing snippets, and a tumble of artwork and illustrations, with an occasional gatefold that feels as big as a quilt. Nothing is conveyed with much context or depth. The material all comes in a rush, so it pays to slow down and drink it in; readers must assemble all the components to get the big picture. Graham is informed and in his brusqueness has chosen all the right tidbits. There are fun facts--how long it takes to paint the Eiffel Tower or wash all the windows in Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building; how all the concrete in the Hoover Dam could pave a highway from San Francisco to New York City--and an array of monster problems that can beset massive structures. There are peeks at future megastructures as well as photos of contemporary ones, such as offshore drilling platforms, the "Blinking-Eye Bridge" over the River Tyne in England and the Large Hadron Collider, that are utterly futuristic. Nor has Graham forsaken the past, with visits paid to the Ponte Vecchio, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Delaware Aqueduct. A rangy and exuberant, if skimming, introduction to giant, man-made structures. North Bay Nugget Stunning foldouts, panels, diagrams, photographs and fact boxes make this book a stimulating read for all ages. Anne Dame Puget Sound Council for the Review of Children's Stunning photographs and illustrations, fun facts, history, fold-out pages, failures and accidents, future projects... what more could one ask for in a book about bridges, skyscrapers, tunnels, opera houses, stadiums, mines, etc? Nothing, really... This one is sure to pull in a wide audience. |
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