engineers

A modern comination of inventors and industrialists like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Ateve Jobs, Elon Musk's drive and vision have led him to revolutionize the space, automotive and energy industries all at once.

Learn about modern stadiums as well as early Greek and Roman stadiums and coliseums that took massive manpower and engineering techniques to construct.

Learn about the different types of bridges, the civilizations and people who engineered and risked their lives to construct them.

Have you ever wondered where the electricity powering your home or school comes from? What about how that electricity travels? In any device that uses electricity, inside is a small path through which that electricity travels, known as a circuit. Whether we see them in these devices or not, circuits are constantly at work. But how do circuits work? How were they invented? Explore the key concepts that make up a circuit, including the power source, conducting path, and load, and learn how circuits power devices of all sizes, from computers to the lights in your home to satellites in outer space!.

Discover the history of batteries and how scientists and engineers figured out ways to store electricity. Explore what makes up a battery, including an anode, cathode, and electrolyte, and learn how batteries can power all kinds of electronics from a cell phone to a bus!.

The US Marine Corps offers a wide array of career opportunities. Comments from men and women who have served in the military, current statistics and forecasts, and realistic descriptions provide a useful look at Marine Corps jobs ranging from combat engineers to avionics technicians to military police.

The US Coast Guard offers a wide array of career opportunities. Comments from men and women who have served in the military, current statistics and forecasts, and realistic descriptions provide a useful look at Coast Guard jobs ranging from boatswain's mates to health service technicians to operations specialists.

This book explores the many and varied career opportunities the US Army offers, the requirements recruits must meet to qualify for each job, and descriptions of the training and working conditions they will experience.

From the earliest engineers such as Archimedes and Hero of Alexandria, heroes of the Industrial Revolution like Eli Whitney and Alessandro Volta, and pioneers of the Modern Age with Henry Ford and Wernher von Braun, Engineers looks at more than eighty of the world's greatest engineers ? who they were, what they did, and how their projects shaped the course of human history. The only book to feature engineers from every era of human history and all disciplines of engineering ? from civil engineering to space flight ? Engineers includes original drawings and specially commissioned photography to help illuminate the stories behind the great milestones of engineering. From aqueducts to bridges, monuments to buildings, and engines to motion pictures, Engineers will appeal to readers of all ages who are interested in the power of the pioneering mind.

Describes how a freight train works, in simple text with illustrations, and explains the duties of someone who drives one for a living.