Modern Wonders, a title in the five-title series Frameworks: Science, Technology, and the Built Environment, illuminates the science, technology, art and architecture, and history of the world's greatest architectural and engineering achievements, including the Eiffel Tower, St. Louis Gateway Arch, World Trade Center, Mt. Rushmore, and the Millennium Wheel. Modern Wonders provides an interdisciplinary, visual approach that combines informative text, fascinating background information, and basic scientific principles with dozens of full-color photographs, illustrations, and other visuals (e.g. diagrams and equations). Appropriate for a broad audience of students, teachers, librarians, and general interest readers, Modern Wonders is an excellent supplemental resource for subjects covered throughout the curricula: science, technology, and society; art and architecture; economics; and world history and culture.

 

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 112 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 2014 by Taylor & Francis Ltd .

This book has the following chapters: About Frameworks; Chapter One: Achievement in Iron: The Eiffel Tower; Chapter Two: Celebration of Expansion: The St. Louis Gateway Arch; Chapter Three: Curvilinear Design; Chapter Four: Working Cold: Architecture on Ice; Chapter Five: Rebuilding a Symbol: The World Trade Center; Chapter Six: Stone Giants: Mount Rushmore National Memorial; Chapter Seven: Round They Go: The Millennium Wheel; Glossary.