Remaking the World

From the Ferris wheel to the integrated circuit, feats of engineering have changed our environment in countless ways, big and small. In Remaking the World, Henry Petroski reveals the effects the Titanic disaster had on the engineering community of 1912 and details the construction of Malaysia's 1,482-foot Petronas Towers. Here, too, are the stories of the personalities behind the wonders, from Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of nineteenth-century transatlantic steamships, to Charles Steinmetz, oddball genius of the General Electric Company. Spirited and absorbing, Remaking the World is a celebration of the creative instinct and of the men and women whose inspirations have immeasurably improved our world.