Engineers of dreams: great bridge builders and the spanning of America
"In his previous books, Henry Petroski has initiated us into the hidden mysteries of such everyday artifacts as the lead pencil, the paper clip, the zipper, and the Post-it note. Now, with Engineers of Dreams, he makes a jump in scale to contemplate those "dry paths" across the rivers...
Gespeichert in:
| 1. Verfasser: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
New York
Knopf
1995
|
| Ausgabe: | 1. ed. |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Zusammenfassung: | "In his previous books, Henry Petroski has initiated us into the hidden mysteries of such everyday artifacts as the lead pencil, the paper clip, the zipper, and the Post-it note. Now, with Engineers of Dreams, he makes a jump in scale to contemplate those "dry paths" across the rivers and inlets of our cities, those "hard crossings" over the gulches and ravines of our countrysides, those eminently practical but inescapably aesthetic edifices that persist in taking our breath away (when we're not taking them for granted): bridges." "The great era of American bridge building - which from the 1870s through the 1930s gave us such landmarks as the Eads Bridge across the Mississippi, the Hell Gate Bridge across the East River, the George Washington Bridge across the Hudson, and the Golden Gate Bridge at the mouth of San Francisco Bay - called for a special breed of engineer: equal parts dreamer, inventor, and entrepreneur. Since the building of any bridge is necessarily a collaborative effort, engineers of dissimilar philosophies and all-too-similar egos were thrown together on project after project, making for an ongoing, interwoven human and technological drama."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Beschreibung: | 479 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0679439390 |
Internformat
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV010574919 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 20150203 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 960119s1995 ad|| |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 0679439390 |9 0-679-43939-0 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)31815372 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV010574919 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rakddb | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 049 | |a DE-12 |a DE-210 |a DE-898 |a DE-634 | ||
| 050 | 0 | |a TG23 | |
| 082 | 0 | |a 624/.2/0973 |2 20 | |
| 100 | 1 | |a Petroski, Henry |d 1942-2023 |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)172306175 |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Engineers of dreams |b great bridge builders and the spanning of America |c Henry Petroski |
| 250 | |a 1. ed. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York |b Knopf |c 1995 | |
| 300 | |a 479 S. |b Ill., graph. Darst. | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 520 | 1 | |a "In his previous books, Henry Petroski has initiated us into the hidden mysteries of such everyday artifacts as the lead pencil, the paper clip, the zipper, and the Post-it note. Now, with Engineers of Dreams, he makes a jump in scale to contemplate those "dry paths" across the rivers and inlets of our cities, those "hard crossings" over the gulches and ravines of our countrysides, those eminently practical but inescapably aesthetic edifices that persist in taking our breath away (when we're not taking them for granted): bridges." "The great era of American bridge building - which from the 1870s through the 1930s gave us such landmarks as the Eads Bridge across the Mississippi, the Hell Gate Bridge across the East River, the George Washington Bridge across the Hudson, and the Golden Gate Bridge at the mouth of San Francisco Bay - called for a special breed of engineer: equal parts dreamer, inventor, and entrepreneur. Since the building of any bridge is necessarily a collaborative effort, engineers of dissimilar philosophies and all-too-similar egos were thrown together on project after project, making for an ongoing, interwoven human and technological drama."--BOOK JACKET. | |
| 648 | 4 | |a Geschichte 1900-2000 | |
| 648 | 4 | |a Geschichte 1800-1900 | |
| 648 | 7 | |a Geschichte 1870-1995 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Bruggen (weg- en waterbouw) |2 gtt | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Ingenieurs |2 gtt | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Ingénieurs civils - États-Unis - Biographies | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Ponts - États-Unis - Histoire - 19e siècle | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Ponts - États-Unis - Histoire - 20e siècle | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Geschichte | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Bridges |z United States |x History |x 19th century | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Bridges |z United States |x History |x 20th century | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Civil engineers |z United States |x Biography | |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Brückenbau |0 (DE-588)4008415-2 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Bauingenieur |0 (DE-588)4004812-3 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 651 | 4 | |a USA | |
| 651 | 7 | |a USA |0 (DE-588)4078704-7 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
| 655 | 7 | |0 (DE-588)4006804-3 |a Biografie |2 gnd-content | |
| 689 | 0 | 0 | |a USA |0 (DE-588)4078704-7 |D g |
| 689 | 0 | 1 | |a Brückenbau |0 (DE-588)4008415-2 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 2 | |a Bauingenieur |0 (DE-588)4004812-3 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 3 | |a Geschichte 1870-1995 |A z |
| 689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
| 999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-007049597 | ||
Datensatz im Suchindex
| _version_ | 1804125043716784128 |
|---|---|
| any_adam_object | |
| author | Petroski, Henry 1942-2023 |
| author_GND | (DE-588)172306175 |
| author_facet | Petroski, Henry 1942-2023 |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | Petroski, Henry 1942-2023 |
| author_variant | h p hp |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV010574919 |
| callnumber-first | T - Technology |
| callnumber-label | TG23 |
| callnumber-raw | TG23 |
| callnumber-search | TG23 |
| callnumber-sort | TG 223 |
| callnumber-subject | TG - Bridge Engineering |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)31815372 (DE-599)BVBBV010574919 |
| dewey-full | 624/.2/0973 |
| dewey-hundreds | 600 - Technology (Applied sciences) |
| dewey-ones | 624 - Civil engineering |
| dewey-raw | 624/.2/0973 |
| dewey-search | 624/.2/0973 |
| dewey-sort | 3624 12 3973 |
| dewey-tens | 620 - Engineering and allied operations |
| discipline | Bauingenieurwesen |
| edition | 1. ed. |
| era | Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte 1870-1995 gnd |
| era_facet | Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte 1870-1995 |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>03135nam a2200565 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV010574919</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20150203 </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">960119s1995 ad|| |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">0679439390</subfield><subfield code="9">0-679-43939-0</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)31815372</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV010574919</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rakddb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-12</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-210</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-898</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-634</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">TG23</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">624/.2/0973</subfield><subfield code="2">20</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Petroski, Henry</subfield><subfield code="d">1942-2023</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)172306175</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Engineers of dreams</subfield><subfield code="b">great bridge builders and the spanning of America</subfield><subfield code="c">Henry Petroski</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="250" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1. ed.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">New York</subfield><subfield code="b">Knopf</subfield><subfield code="c">1995</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">479 S.</subfield><subfield code="b">Ill., graph. Darst.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">"In his previous books, Henry Petroski has initiated us into the hidden mysteries of such everyday artifacts as the lead pencil, the paper clip, the zipper, and the Post-it note. Now, with Engineers of Dreams, he makes a jump in scale to contemplate those "dry paths" across the rivers and inlets of our cities, those "hard crossings" over the gulches and ravines of our countrysides, those eminently practical but inescapably aesthetic edifices that persist in taking our breath away (when we're not taking them for granted): bridges." "The great era of American bridge building - which from the 1870s through the 1930s gave us such landmarks as the Eads Bridge across the Mississippi, the Hell Gate Bridge across the East River, the George Washington Bridge across the Hudson, and the Golden Gate Bridge at the mouth of San Francisco Bay - called for a special breed of engineer: equal parts dreamer, inventor, and entrepreneur. Since the building of any bridge is necessarily a collaborative effort, engineers of dissimilar philosophies and all-too-similar egos were thrown together on project after project, making for an ongoing, interwoven human and technological drama."--BOOK JACKET.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="648" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1900-2000</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="648" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1800-1900</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="648" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1870-1995</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Bruggen (weg- en waterbouw)</subfield><subfield code="2">gtt</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Ingenieurs</subfield><subfield code="2">gtt</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Ingénieurs civils - États-Unis - Biographies</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Ponts - États-Unis - Histoire - 19e siècle</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Ponts - États-Unis - Histoire - 20e siècle</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Geschichte</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Bridges</subfield><subfield code="z">United States</subfield><subfield code="x">History</subfield><subfield code="x">19th century</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Bridges</subfield><subfield code="z">United States</subfield><subfield code="x">History</subfield><subfield code="x">20th century</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Civil engineers</subfield><subfield code="z">United States</subfield><subfield code="x">Biography</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Brückenbau</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4008415-2</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Bauingenieur</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4004812-3</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">USA</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">USA</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4078704-7</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4006804-3</subfield><subfield code="a">Biografie</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd-content</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">USA</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4078704-7</subfield><subfield code="D">g</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Brückenbau</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4008415-2</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Bauingenieur</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4004812-3</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="3"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1870-1995</subfield><subfield code="A">z</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-007049597</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| genre | (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content |
| genre_facet | Biografie |
| geographic | USA USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd |
| geographic_facet | USA |
| id | DE-604.BV010574919 |
| illustrated | Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-07-09T17:55:17Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 0679439390 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-007049597 |
| oclc_num | 31815372 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-12 DE-210 DE-898 DE-BY-UBR DE-634 |
| owner_facet | DE-12 DE-210 DE-898 DE-BY-UBR DE-634 |
| physical | 479 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| publishDate | 1995 |
| publishDateSearch | 1995 |
| publishDateSort | 1995 |
| publisher | Knopf |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | Petroski, Henry 1942-2023 Verfasser (DE-588)172306175 aut Engineers of dreams great bridge builders and the spanning of America Henry Petroski 1. ed. New York Knopf 1995 479 S. Ill., graph. Darst. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In his previous books, Henry Petroski has initiated us into the hidden mysteries of such everyday artifacts as the lead pencil, the paper clip, the zipper, and the Post-it note. Now, with Engineers of Dreams, he makes a jump in scale to contemplate those "dry paths" across the rivers and inlets of our cities, those "hard crossings" over the gulches and ravines of our countrysides, those eminently practical but inescapably aesthetic edifices that persist in taking our breath away (when we're not taking them for granted): bridges." "The great era of American bridge building - which from the 1870s through the 1930s gave us such landmarks as the Eads Bridge across the Mississippi, the Hell Gate Bridge across the East River, the George Washington Bridge across the Hudson, and the Golden Gate Bridge at the mouth of San Francisco Bay - called for a special breed of engineer: equal parts dreamer, inventor, and entrepreneur. Since the building of any bridge is necessarily a collaborative effort, engineers of dissimilar philosophies and all-too-similar egos were thrown together on project after project, making for an ongoing, interwoven human and technological drama."--BOOK JACKET. Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte 1870-1995 gnd rswk-swf Bruggen (weg- en waterbouw) gtt Ingenieurs gtt Ingénieurs civils - États-Unis - Biographies Ponts - États-Unis - Histoire - 19e siècle Ponts - États-Unis - Histoire - 20e siècle Geschichte Bridges United States History 19th century Bridges United States History 20th century Civil engineers United States Biography Brückenbau (DE-588)4008415-2 gnd rswk-swf Bauingenieur (DE-588)4004812-3 gnd rswk-swf USA USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Brückenbau (DE-588)4008415-2 s Bauingenieur (DE-588)4004812-3 s Geschichte 1870-1995 z DE-604 |
| spellingShingle | Petroski, Henry 1942-2023 Engineers of dreams great bridge builders and the spanning of America Bruggen (weg- en waterbouw) gtt Ingenieurs gtt Ingénieurs civils - États-Unis - Biographies Ponts - États-Unis - Histoire - 19e siècle Ponts - États-Unis - Histoire - 20e siècle Geschichte Bridges United States History 19th century Bridges United States History 20th century Civil engineers United States Biography Brückenbau (DE-588)4008415-2 gnd Bauingenieur (DE-588)4004812-3 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)4008415-2 (DE-588)4004812-3 (DE-588)4078704-7 (DE-588)4006804-3 |
| title | Engineers of dreams great bridge builders and the spanning of America |
| title_auth | Engineers of dreams great bridge builders and the spanning of America |
| title_exact_search | Engineers of dreams great bridge builders and the spanning of America |
| title_full | Engineers of dreams great bridge builders and the spanning of America Henry Petroski |
| title_fullStr | Engineers of dreams great bridge builders and the spanning of America Henry Petroski |
| title_full_unstemmed | Engineers of dreams great bridge builders and the spanning of America Henry Petroski |
| title_short | Engineers of dreams |
| title_sort | engineers of dreams great bridge builders and the spanning of america |
| title_sub | great bridge builders and the spanning of America |
| topic | Bruggen (weg- en waterbouw) gtt Ingenieurs gtt Ingénieurs civils - États-Unis - Biographies Ponts - États-Unis - Histoire - 19e siècle Ponts - États-Unis - Histoire - 20e siècle Geschichte Bridges United States History 19th century Bridges United States History 20th century Civil engineers United States Biography Brückenbau (DE-588)4008415-2 gnd Bauingenieur (DE-588)4004812-3 gnd |
| topic_facet | Bruggen (weg- en waterbouw) Ingenieurs Ingénieurs civils - États-Unis - Biographies Ponts - États-Unis - Histoire - 19e siècle Ponts - États-Unis - Histoire - 20e siècle Geschichte Bridges United States History 19th century Bridges United States History 20th century Civil engineers United States Biography Brückenbau Bauingenieur USA Biografie |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT petroskihenry engineersofdreamsgreatbridgebuildersandthespanningofamerica |