Limit Engineering Boundaries Science by Mike Dash (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.

Hard Cover. Condition: vg. Dust Jacket Condition: vg. Accompanies the BBC TV series. 191 pages; b/w & color photos & illustrations; contents clean; binding solid; light shelf wear to edges of cover & dj. Hardcover (dj).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Exploring the limits faced by engineers as they struggle to go further with everything they build, this book takes as its basis some of the world's most ambitious modern projects. These include the plans of Sir Norman Foster and Kazo Shimizu to build a tower block almost a kilometre high; Hugh Doherty's Jubilee Line extension tunnel; Jean-Jacques Huber's 1000-passenger airbus; Stephen Gorevan's challenging attempt to design a vehicle that can land on and analyze a comet; Niels Gimsing's record-breaking suspension bridge in Denmark; and Peter Cochrane's plans for a fibre-optic network to encircle the earth. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Very Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

Condition: Used: Good. Occasion - Bon Etat - Avec jaq, - The limit : Engineering on the boundaries of science (1995) - Poche.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over blue boards with silver titles to the spine; Measures 10" x 7¾" (0.9 kg); pp 192; Index; Contains: Black & White Photographs; Colour Photographs; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #190098 ||.

191p, numerous illustrations, many being in colour, 7.6"x 10", hardback, fine/fine, dustwrapper [056337117X].

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated. Spine very slightly askew. D/w price-clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.