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Extreme Science: The Highway of Light and Other Man-made Wonders

Peter Jedicke

Jedicke, Peter;

Extreme Science: The Highway of Light and Other Man-made Wonders

St. Martin's Griffin, 2001, 246 pages

ISBN 0312268203, 9780312268206

topics: |  technology | history | future | vehicle


Technological marvels:
- The longest suspension bridge ever built, and how it was done
- How the world's tallest skyscrapers were constructed
- The dymaxion car, rocket belts, pneumatic trains, and other failures of
	transportation
- Rocketships and space travel: compact nuclear rockets, laser-powered
	spacecrafts, beamed energy, and interstellar travel
- Crossing the seas: microsubs and floating giants
- Eluding traffic: automated highways, electric vehicles, and
	computer-governed traffic regulation.


amitabha mukerjee (mukerjee [at] gmail.com) 17 Feb 2009