design and construction

Photography, artwork, and text bring these striking structures to life, and connects the buildings with the people who construct them and those who work in them.

Describes how an ordinary family car may be transformed, on a limited budget, into a unique custom car.

Describes in human, political, and scientific detail the complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the power of the atom, to the first bombs dropped on Japan.

Tells the story of the removal of debris following the destruction of the World Trade Center by terrorists on September 11, 2001 along with the removal of the dead, and the volunteers who assisted.

Tells the story of how fifteenth-century goldsmith and clock maker Filippo Brunelleschi devised the plan to build the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence, an engineering feat that had puzzled architects for over a century.

Presents an illustrated guide to building combat robots, covering electronics and wiring, controllers, wheels, batteries, motors and engines, pneumatics, frame/armor material, weapons systems, and other topics; discussing competitions; and including instructions for three projects. Includes a CD.

Photographs and text show the process of building the stonework of a cathedral--from the quarrying of the limestone hundreds of miles away, to the cutting of the eleven-ton stone blocks, to the creation of the magnificent carvings to adorn it--that brings together people of many backgrounds and skills to create a lasting monument to faith.

Provides step-by-step instructions on building a backyard birdfeeder and explains which birds like which kinds of food, the best times to fill feeders, and how to keep squirrels away.