Jerome Martin

Buch mit Papp-Einband

Lift-the-Flap Construction & Demolition

Beschreibung

It takes hundreds of people, dozens of machines and years of work to construct a skyscraper. Lift the flaps to see construction crews digging, drilling, pouring, heaving and hoisting as they build a brand new building at the heart of a busy city. Includes Usborne Quicklinks to specially selected websites where you can watch a demolition and fly over skyscrapers. Chapters in this book include: - An architect's desk - Demolition - Crews and machines - Strong and stable - Gaining height - Around the clock - Hidden engineering - Grand opening

Autor

Jerome Martin has written children's books about science, history, Shakespeare and food. Before joining Usborne in 2014, he spent a decade studying literature at Harvard, Cambridge and the University of Iowa, and several years behaving responsibly in a copywriting office. Now, he spends his working hours researching delightful and amazing facts, his evening hours parenting two children, and the minutes in-between writing poetry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Usborne Publishing Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 16
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 283mm x 225mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9781474942966
• ISBN-10: 1474942962
• Artikelnr.: 59081153