City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

The book of massively epic engineering disasters, Sean Connolly

eng

illustrations

index present

Ages 9+

non fiction

The book of massively epic engineering disasters

Sean Connolly

Beginning with the toppling of the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, to the destructive, laserlike sunbeams bouncing off London's infamous "Fryscraper" in 2013, here is an illustrated tour of the greatest engineering disasters in history. Each engineering disaster includes a simple, exciting experiment or two using everyday household items to explain the underlying science and put learning into action. Understand the Titanic's demise by sinking an ice-cube-tray ocean liner in the bathtub. Stomp on a tube of toothpaste to demonstrate what happens to non-Newtonian fluids under pressure -- and how a ruptured tank sent a tsunami of molasses through the streets of Boston in 1919

pre adolescent

Massively epic engineering disasters