Table of Contents

The Earliest Builders, Early Empires and the Conquest of Materials, Classical Antiquity: The Greeks, Rome - The Engineering of War and Cities, Ancient Power and Metallurgy, Byzantine and Islamic Engineering - Picking Up a Fallen Torch, Middle Ages - Masters of Stone, Renaissance, 17th and 18th Centuries, The Advent of Steam and Mechanical Engineering, Sanitary and Hydraulic Engineering, 20th Century Engineering: Part 1, 20th Century Engineering: Part 2, New Technology and the Future, Bibliography, Index