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What enables a simple arch bridge to support such great weight? What holds up a suspension bridge? Bridge the world with award-winning author-illustrator, and captivating storyteller, David Macaulay, and meet the brilliant designers who dared to extend roads and railways with ingenious but sometimes...

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Corporate Authors: WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.). Science Unit, Production Group, Inc, WGBH Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Klein, Larry, Macaulay, David
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [South Burlington, VT?] : WGBH Boston Video, Ã2004.
Series:Building big.
Subjects:
Bridges > Design and construction > Juvenile films.
Bridges > Juvenile films.
Engineering > Juvenile films.
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) > Juvenile films.
Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.) > Juvenile films.
Forth Bridge (South Queensferry, Scotland : Railroad bridge) > Juvenile films.
Nonfiction television programs > Juvenile.
Educational television programs > Juvenile.
Documentary television programs > Juvenile.
Historical television programs > Juvenile.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
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Summary:What enables a simple arch bridge to support such great weight? What holds up a suspension bridge? Bridge the world with award-winning author-illustrator, and captivating storyteller, David Macaulay, and meet the brilliant designers who dared to extend roads and railways with ingenious but sometimes flawed designs. From the Golden Gate Bridge to some of the world's groundbreaking spans, you'll explore dozens of monumental engineering feats through historic film footage, fascinating photographs, illustrations and dramatic recreations.
Item Description:Originally broadcast in 2000 as an episode of the public television mini-series, Building big.
Special features: printable materials for educators and parents; access to the Building big Web site.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (66 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, NTSC, letterboxed; Dolby digital.
System requirements for DVD-ROM features: computer with DVD-ROM drive, Adobe Reader and Internet access.
Production Credits:Edited by Sam Green.
ISBN:1593752083
9781593752088
1593751982
9781593751982
Author Notes:David Macaulay was born on December 2, 1946 in Lancashire, England, but moved to Bloomfield, New Jersey when he was 11. He received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Before becoming an author and illustrator, he worked as an interior designer, a junior high school teacher, and instructor of interior design at RISD from 1969 to 1973.

His first book, Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction, was published in 1973. His other books include City, Castle, Pyramid, Mill, Underground, Mosque, The Way Things Work, Rome Antics, Shortcut,and How Machines Work. He has received numerous awards including a Caldecott Honor Medal in 1991 for Black and White and the Washington Children's Book Guild Award for a Body of Non-Fiction Work in 1977. He won the Royal Society young people¿s book prize for the best science books for children for his book How Machines Work.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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