Engineering An illustrated History from Ancient Craft to Modern Technology

In Engineering, renowned science writer Tom Jackson combines engaging text with captivating images and helpful diagrams to guide readers through the history of engineering from ancient aqueducts to soaring skyscrapers and other engineering milestones. Here are 100 landmark moments in this intensely rigorous discipline, seen through the eyes of the people who lived them.

Engineering is all around us. From our bridges, tunnels and skyscrapers to our cars, computers and smartphones, engineering...