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1) UP THE INFINITE CORRIDOR: MIT & the Technical Imagination
HAPGOOD, Fred

Perseus Books Group. 02/01/1993. Originally published at $22.95 You save 92% off the cover price!

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Reading: Addison-Wesley 1993. 202 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Selected Bibliography. Index. Fine in Near Fine, lightly rubbed, dustjacket. ISBN: 0201082934 <em>A popular look at the world of the engineer, concentrates on the relations between the history of American engineering &amp; MIT.</em> (more information)

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2) Oracle Bones, Stars, and Wheelbarrows: Ancient Chinese Science and Technology (Qty: 6)
Frank Ross Jr

Houghton Mifflin. 03/01/1989. Reprint. Originally published at $6.96 You save 71% off the cover price!

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Houghton Mifflin, 1989-03-03. Paperback. Like New. clearly unread,clean and crisp as new, has a school discrict stamp on inside cover and a number on bottom outer edge (more information)

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3) Great Projects : The Epic Story of the Building of America, from the Taming of the Mississippi to the Invention of the Internet (Qty: 139)
Tobin, James

Simon & Schuster. 10/01/2001. Illustrated. 322 pgs. This companion volume to a PBS television series examines eight achievements in American engineering history. These huge projects include great efforts to manage the flow of water (taming the lower Mississippi, Hoover Dam, etc.), the flow of electricity (electrical grids and the Internet), and the flow of cars (the highway system and Boston's underground freeway, under construction). Originally published at $40.00 You save 95% off the cover price!

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Free Press. Hardcover. 0743210646 LIKE NEW may have a remainder mark . Fine. (more information)

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4) Wonders of the Modern World (The Eventful 20th Century)
Reader's Digest Editors

Putnam Pub Group. 01/01/2001. 160 pgs. Originally published at $19.95 You save 95% off the cover price!

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Readers Digest. Used - Very Good. Published: 2000. Hardcover. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. Some discoloration/sunfade of cover/spine. Some rubbing on cover. Cover has some wear on edges. (more information)

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5) The Builders: Marvels of Engineering
National Geographic Society

Random House Inc. 09/01/1994. This book details engineering feats, technological breakthroughs, and the builders who made possible such wonders as the pyramids of Egypt and the English Channel Tunnel. Originally published at $40.00 You save 98% off the cover price!

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American Society of Civil Engineers. Hardcover. 0870448366 A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. 1994 American Society of Civil Engineers Hard Cover . Very Good. 1994. (more information)

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6) Machines Buildings Weaponry of Biblical Times
Max Schwartz

Baker Pub Group. 04/01/1990. Originally published at $16.95 You save 94% off the cover price!

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A very good looking ex-library copy. Barely used. All pages and cover are clear and bright except for a few library markings. The mylar over dustjacket is in great shape and is quite glossy, but it has a little bit of wear in some places. Binding solid and tight. There is just a little bit of wear along the bottom edges of the cover. No creases. There is a small spot or two visible from the edge of the pages. (more information)

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7) 100 Years of Science and Technology in Texas: A Sigma XI Centennial Volume

Texas A & M Univ Pr. 12/01/1986. Originally published at $29.95 You save 97% off the cover price!

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Rice Univ Pr. Hardcover. 0892632623 Thank you for looking at Bookscorner1. no sale is ever final.100% satisfaction guaranteed, may have a remainder mark,has. . Good. (more information)

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8) Builders Of The Ancient World: Marvels of Engineering
Ron Fisher, Norman Hammond, Ann Nottingham Kelsall, Joyce Stewart, Gene S. Stuart, Richard A. Cooke III

The Society. 01/01/1986. Illustrated. 199 pgs.

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National Geographic Society. Used - Good. Published: 1986. Media: Board book. 1st. Small bends or tears in edges of dust jacket,. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Good to Very Good condition. Good, tight readable copy with typical reading wear. (more information)

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Detail from Illustration of Exotic Entymology by Dru Drury. 1837. First edition thus