Construction: Building the Impossible

by Nathan Aaseng

Book Overview

Profiles eight builders and their famous construction projects, including Imhotep and the Step Pyramid, Alexandre Eiffel and the Eiffel Tower, and William Lamb and the Empire State Building. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1881508595
• ISBN13: 9781881508595
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Oliver Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 10

Customer Reviews

An absorbing study.

Nathan Aaseng's Construction: Building The Impossible profiles eight builders who worked against seemingly impossible odds to provide roadways, bridges, and tunnels which challenged natural barriers. Discussions of the building process make this an absorbing study.