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Engineering Marvels

Engineering Marvels
Magazine

This issue will showcase dozens of awe-inspiring feats of engineering that changed our world. This issue tells the stories of the structures that define our skylines, connect our cities, and otherwise inspire our culture. The stately Golden Gate bridge, the dizzyingly tall Burj Khalifa skyscraper, the James Webb Space Telescope deployed a million miles from Earth. Each of these marvels is a testament to human creativity, perseverance, and the relentless pursuit of progress, and we'll show you exactly how they were created, the problems they solved, and their indelible legacy.

Designing Dreams, Building Tomorrow • Brilliant, innovative solutions that never fail to captivate our imagination

The Golden Gate Bridge • Explore the timeless elegance of San Fran’s soaring span.

The Amazing Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

The Great Wall of China • Get acquainted with the timeless marvel more than thirteen thousand miles long.

Discover the Sydney Opera House

The Burj Khalifa • Unravel the charms of Dubai’s crown jewel, the tallest building in the world.

The Towering Tale of Taipei 101

The Netherlands Dike System • A land below sea level uses clever engineering to tame the sea’s fury.

Say Hello to the Hoover Dam

The Panama Canal • The insanely clever idea that lifts giant ships up out of the sea and over a continental divide

The Fasincating Falkirk Wheel

The Big Dig • The urban planning project that rebuilt Boston by carving a world beneath it

Meet the South-North Water Transfer Project

The Empire State Building • New York City’s most iconic building rises from the impossibly busy urban streets.

How To Build an Island

The International Space Station • How clever Earthlings put a permanent docking station in orbit around our planet

The Apollo 11 Mission Makes History

The Channel Tunnel • The perilous path of building the world’s longest underwater tunnel

The Tunnel That Burrows Under The Alps

The Itaipu Dam • A 50-year saga of leveraging a river’s power to alter South America’s energy landscape

The Three Gorges Dam Delivers

The Millau Viaduct • The ingenious design that keeps traffic high above the valley in southern France

The Iconic Qingdao Haiwan Bridge

The Large Hadron Collider • Building and burying the world’s largest, most powerful particle accelerator

The Essential Svalbard Global Seed Vault

The Kansai International Airport • How do you build an airport on top of the ocean? Start by creating an island from scratch.

The Alluring Palm Islands of Dubai

The Delhi Metro • A complex, sprawling urban rail system rises in the world’s most populous country

Warp Speed on the Shanghai Maglev Train

The James Webb Space Telescope • Deploying a sensitive instrument a million miles away, in the icy vacuum of space

The Stellar Hubble Space Telescope

Credits

Engineering Marvels

MODERN MARVELS • Find out just how the technical geniuses of every age made these miracles happen


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Frequency: One time Pages: 100 Publisher: A360 Media, LLC Edition: Engineering Marvels

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: May 13, 2024

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OverDrive Magazine

Languages

English

This issue will showcase dozens of awe-inspiring feats of engineering that changed our world. This issue tells the stories of the structures that define our skylines, connect our cities, and otherwise inspire our culture. The stately Golden Gate bridge, the dizzyingly tall Burj Khalifa skyscraper, the James Webb Space Telescope deployed a million miles from Earth. Each of these marvels is a testament to human creativity, perseverance, and the relentless pursuit of progress, and we'll show you exactly how they were created, the problems they solved, and their indelible legacy.

Designing Dreams, Building Tomorrow • Brilliant, innovative solutions that never fail to captivate our imagination

The Golden Gate Bridge • Explore the timeless elegance of San Fran’s soaring span.

The Amazing Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

The Great Wall of China • Get acquainted with the timeless marvel more than thirteen thousand miles long.

Discover the Sydney Opera House

The Burj Khalifa • Unravel the charms of Dubai’s crown jewel, the tallest building in the world.

The Towering Tale of Taipei 101

The Netherlands Dike System • A land below sea level uses clever engineering to tame the sea’s fury.

Say Hello to the Hoover Dam

The Panama Canal • The insanely clever idea that lifts giant ships up out of the sea and over a continental divide

The Fasincating Falkirk Wheel

The Big Dig • The urban planning project that rebuilt Boston by carving a world beneath it

Meet the South-North Water Transfer Project

The Empire State Building • New York City’s most iconic building rises from the impossibly busy urban streets.

How To Build an Island

The International Space Station • How clever Earthlings put a permanent docking station in orbit around our planet

The Apollo 11 Mission Makes History

The Channel Tunnel • The perilous path of building the world’s longest underwater tunnel

The Tunnel That Burrows Under The Alps

The Itaipu Dam • A 50-year saga of leveraging a river’s power to alter South America’s energy landscape

The Three Gorges Dam Delivers

The Millau Viaduct • The ingenious design that keeps traffic high above the valley in southern France

The Iconic Qingdao Haiwan Bridge

The Large Hadron Collider • Building and burying the world’s largest, most powerful particle accelerator

The Essential Svalbard Global Seed Vault

The Kansai International Airport • How do you build an airport on top of the ocean? Start by creating an island from scratch.

The Alluring Palm Islands of Dubai

The Delhi Metro • A complex, sprawling urban rail system rises in the world’s most populous country

Warp Speed on the Shanghai Maglev Train

The James Webb Space Telescope • Deploying a sensitive instrument a million miles away, in the icy vacuum of space

The Stellar Hubble Space Telescope

Credits

Engineering Marvels

MODERN MARVELS • Find out just how the technical geniuses of every age made these miracles happen


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