Bridges Go from Here to There

By Forrest Wilson

Book Overview

How can a long, cantilevered bridge stay up? What are the forces behind the stone towers of a masonry bridge? Forrest Wilson, award-winning author of What It Feels Like to Be a Building , tackles these basic engineering principles involved in bridge design. In this playful book, Wilson clearly shows children (and anyone else new to engineering) the mystery behind bridges.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471143693
• ISBN13: 9780471143697
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 12.3"
• Age Range: 6 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 1 and higher