This volume contains a series of lectures delivered over a 10-year period on the theory and practice of macro-engineering. It examines closed system habitats, power transmission satellites, the use of artificial islands and the possibility of the colonization of the Moon.

Macro-Engineering: Global Infrastructure Solutions : Massachusetts Institute of Technology the Brunel Lectures 1983-1992

Engineering & Transportation

Davidson, Frank P.

Engineering

Ellis Horwood, Ltd.

Humans are builders―we make structures to span rivers, to connect points of land, to offer shelter. Indeed, throughout history, civilizations have created structures of such immense scale, requiring such tremendous resources, that they might have been thought impossible. From the Taj Mahal to the Suez Canal, from Solomon's Temple to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, these feats of macro-engineering are a testament to the creativity and foresight of engineers, architects, government officials, and diplomats. Who came up with the ideas for these projects? How did they see them through to completion? What obstacles―diplomatic, legal, logistical, and engineering―had to be overcome for these structures to be built? What impact did these engineering projects have on the economies and cultures of their societies? This encyclopedia answers all these questions, showing how central these great engineering projects are to the history of civilization. It includes the legal documents that launched them.
Building the World comprises detailed entries on over forty of the most important engineering projects in world history, such as: Washington D.C., the Eiffel Tower, and the Channel Tunnel. The rich illustration program includes 66 photographs and 30 illustrations, maps, and drawings that document the most important structures ever built. Each entry includes a detailed history of the planning and construction of the project, and a discussion of its subsequent importance. A unique feature of the encyclopedia is an extensive primary source collection that illustrates how the decision to create such a structure came to be, demonstrating the importance of individuals in imagining, planning, and building some of the most famous engineering landmarks in the world.

Building the World: An Encyclopedia of the Great Engineering Projects in History: Building the World [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of the Great Engineering Projects in History [2 volumes]

History

Brooke, Kathleen L.

World

Greenwood

Macro-engineering And The Future: A Management Perspective

Business & Money

Economics

Routledge

Management & Leadership

This book creates awareness of the potential global benefits of power from space. It discusses space power options based on wireless power transmission (WPT) to meet global energy demands and to reduce reliance on fossil and nuclear fuels. It also discusses the current and emerging international regulatory and legal regimes to enable the realization of the solar power satellite concept Earth orbits, and on the moon.

Solar Power Satellites: A Space Energy System for Earth (Wiley-Praxis Series in Space Science and Technology)

Science & Math

Glaser, Peter E.

Csigi, Katinka I.

Astronomy & Space Science

wiley

Macro: Big Is Beautiful

Cox, John Stuart

Century Hutchinson (A Division of Random House Group)

Macro-engineering And The Future: A Management Perspective (WESTVIEW SPECIAL STUDIES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND PUBLIC POLICY)

Meador, C Lawrence

Westview Press

Macro-engineering And The Infrastructure Of Tomorrow

Salkeld, Robert

Giacoletto, Lawrence J.

Derifield, Dorothy E

Industries

How Big And Still Beautiful?: Macro- Engineering Revisited

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