Exploring the limits faced by engineers as they struggle to go further with everything they build, this book takes as its basis some of the world's most ambitious modern projects. These include the plans of Sir Norman Foster and Kazo Shimizu to build a tower block almost a kilometre high; Hugh Doherty's Jubilee Line extension tunnel; Jean-Jacques Huber's 1000-passenger airbus; Stephen Gorevan's challenging attempt to design a vehicle that can land on and analyze a comet; Niels Gimsing's record-breaking suspension bridge in Denmark; and Peter Cochrane's plans for a fibre-optic network to encircle the earth.

The Limit: Engineering On the Boundaries of Science

Mike Dash

London Bridge

'A fascinating exploration of human greed and self-delusion and also a tribute to our ageless search for beauty' Deborah Moggach

Tulipomania : The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused

Indigo Paperbacks

When the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia struck an uncharted reef off the new continent of Australia on her maiden voyage in 1629, 332 men, women and children were on board. While some headed off in a lifeboat to seek help, 250 of the survivors ended up on a tiny coral island less than half a mile long. A band of mutineers, whose motives were almost beyond comprehension, then started on a cold-blooded killing spree, leaving fewer than 80 people alive when the rescue boat arrived three months later. BATAVIA'S GRAVEYARD tells this strange story as a gripping narrative structured around three strong principal characters: Francisco Pelsaert, the cultivated but weak-willed captain; Jeronimus Cornelisz, a sinister apothecary with a terrifying personal philosophy influenced by Rosicrucianism who set himself up as the ruler of the island; and Wiebbe Hayes, the only survivor with the courage to fight Jeronimus's band. The background to these events, including the story of the Dutch East India Company, and the discovery of Australia, is richly drawn.

Batavia's Graveyard

History

Australia & Oceania

Phoenix Paperbacks

Batavia's Graveyard : The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny - ARC

Crown Publishing Group

Thug: The True Story of India's Murderous Cult

Thug: The True Story of India's Murderous Cult

World

Granta Books

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