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⚙️ Engineering Feats

Celebrations of humanity's most ambitious constructions — the bridges, tunnels, spacecraft, and systems that seemed impossible until someone built them.
Civil Engineering
by David Muir Wood • 2012
Why bridges stand and dams hold: a compact tour of civil engineering, from soil to steel.
3.61
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🏗️ Civil Infrastructure🧱 Construction Materials⚙️ Engineering Basics
Civil Engineering Summary
Civil Engineering 92%
Why bridges stand and dams hold: a compact tour of civil engineering, from soil to steel.
by David Muir Wood 2012
3.61
137 ratings
🏗️ Civil Infrastructure🧱 Construction Materials⚙️ Engineering Basics
Engineers of Dreams
by Henry Petroski • 1995
America's bridges were built by dreamers, rivals, and the hard lessons of catastrophic failure.
3.78
166
🏗️ Civil Engineering🌉 Bridge Design🏛️ Infrastructure History
Engineers of Dreams Summary
Engineers of Dreams 92%
America's bridges were built by dreamers, rivals, and the hard lessons of catastrophic failure.
by Henry Petroski 1995
3.78
166 ratings
🏗️ Civil Engineering🌉 Bridge Design🏛️ Infrastructure History
Engineering in Plain Sight
by Grady Hillhouse • 2022
An illustrated field guide to the engineering secrets embedded in every street, pole, and bridge.
4.20
856
🏗️ Civil Engineering🏙️ Built Environment⚡ Infrastructure
Engineering in Plain Sight Summary
Engineering in Plain Sight 92%
An illustrated field guide to the engineering secrets embedded in every street, pole, and bridge.
by Grady Hillhouse 2022
4.20
856 ratings
🏗️ Civil Engineering🏙️ Built Environment⚡ Infrastructure
To Forgive Design
by Henry Petroski • 2012
The safest bridges and planes are designed by studying the ones that fell down.
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217
🏗️ Structural Engineering🔍 Forensic Engineering💭 Design Philosophy
To Forgive Design Summary
To Forgive Design 91%
The safest bridges and planes are designed by studying the ones that fell down.
by Henry Petroski 2012
3.53
217 ratings
🏗️ Structural Engineering🔍 Forensic Engineering💭 Design Philosophy
Structures
by J.E. Gordon • 1978
The hidden physics that keeps the world standing, and the surprising ways everything still breaks.
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4k+
🏗️ Structural Engineering🧪 Materials Science💥 Structural Failure
Structures Summary
Structures 90%
The hidden physics that keeps the world standing, and the surprising ways everything still breaks.
by J.E. Gordon 1978
4.14
4k+ ratings
🏗️ Structural Engineering🧪 Materials Science💥 Structural Failure
The Road Taken
by Henry Petroski • 2016
The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.
3.44
529
🏛️ Infrastructure Policy🔧 Engineering History🛣️ Road Design
The Road Taken Summary
The Road Taken 90%
The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.
by Henry Petroski 2016
3.44
529 ratings
🏛️ Infrastructure Policy🔧 Engineering History🛣️ Road Design
To Engineer Is Human
by Henry Petroski • 1985
Every disaster is a lesson plan. Bridges stay up because engineers study the ones that fell.
3.69
3k+
🏗️ Structural Engineering💡 Design Thinking🔍 Failure Analysis
To Engineer Is Human Summary
To Engineer Is Human 90%
Every disaster is a lesson plan. Bridges stay up because engineers study the ones that fell.
by Henry Petroski 1985
3.69
3k+ ratings
🏗️ Structural Engineering💡 Design Thinking🔍 Failure Analysis
Success through Failure
by Henry Petroski • 2006
Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.
3.60
201
🧱 Engineering Failures💡 Learning From Failure📐 Design Theory
Success through Failure Summary
Success through Failure 90%
Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.
by Henry Petroski 2006
3.60
201 ratings
🧱 Engineering Failures💡 Learning From Failure📐 Design Theory
The Essential Engineer
by Henry Petroski • 2010
Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.
3.37
270
🧠 Engineering Philosophy🛡️ Engineering Ethics⚖️ Risk Assessment
The Essential Engineer Summary
The Essential Engineer 90%
Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.
by Henry Petroski 2010
3.37
270 ratings
🧠 Engineering Philosophy🛡️ Engineering Ethics⚖️ Risk Assessment
The Perfectionists
by Simon Winchester • 2018
From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.
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7k+
🔧 History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🔍 Microhistory
The Perfectionists Summary
The Perfectionists 90%
From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.
by Simon Winchester 2018
4.15
7k+ ratings
🔧 History Of Technology🏭 Industrial Revolution🔍 Microhistory
Maintenance of Everything
by Stewart Brand • 2026
Civilization runs on maintenance nobody sees, values, or funds. Until it stops.
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516
⚙️ History Of Technology🏗️ Infrastructure🧩 Systems Thinking
Maintenance of Everything Summary
Maintenance of Everything 90%
Civilization runs on maintenance nobody sees, values, or funds. Until it stops.
by Stewart Brand 2026
4.00
516 ratings
⚙️ History Of Technology🏗️ Infrastructure🧩 Systems Thinking
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
by Petroski • 1996
Paper clips, fax machines, bridges: what their shortcomings reveal about the logic of engineering.
3.75
351
🛠️ Engineering Design🏛️ History Of Technology💥 Failure Analysis
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing Summary
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing 89%
Paper clips, fax machines, bridges: what their shortcomings reveal about the logic of engineering.
by Petroski 1996
3.75
351 ratings
🛠️ Engineering Design🏛️ History Of Technology💥 Failure Analysis
Concrete Planet
by Robert Courland • 2011
Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.
3.89
218
🏛️ Roman Engineering🏗️ Construction History🔬 Material Science
Concrete Planet Summary
Concrete Planet 89%
Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.
by Robert Courland 2011
3.89
218 ratings
🏛️ Roman Engineering🏗️ Construction History🔬 Material Science
Structural Analysis
by Russell C. Hibbeler • 1982
Trusses, beams, and frames: how to find every force and deflection inside them before they're built.
4.10
424
🏗️ Structural Analysis🏛️ Civil Engineering💻 Matrix Methods
Structural Analysis Summary
Structural Analysis 89%
Trusses, beams, and frames: how to find every force and deflection inside them before they're built.
by Russell C. Hibbeler 1982
4.10
424 ratings
🏗️ Structural Analysis🏛️ Civil Engineering💻 Matrix Methods
Panama Fever
by Matthew Parker • 2007
A forty-mile obsession that cost 25,000 lives: how a four-century dream became the Panama Canal.
3.80
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🏗️ Infrastructure History🧱 Civil Engineering💥 Engineering Catastrophes
Panama Fever Summary
Panama Fever 89%
A forty-mile obsession that cost 25,000 lives: how a four-century dream became the Panama Canal.
by Matthew Parker 2007
3.80
920 ratings
🏗️ Infrastructure History🧱 Civil Engineering💥 Engineering Catastrophes
Engineering Mechanics
by Russell C. Hibbeler • 1992
From particles to rigid bodies: a methodical path through statics, dynamics, and vibrations.
4.06
205
⚙️ Engineering Mechanics🔧 Mechanical Engineering🏗️ Structural Analysis
Engineering Mechanics Summary
Engineering Mechanics 89%
From particles to rigid bodies: a methodical path through statics, dynamics, and vibrations.
by Russell C. Hibbeler 1992
4.06
205 ratings
⚙️ Engineering Mechanics🔧 Mechanical Engineering🏗️ Structural Analysis
Small Things Considered
by Henry Petroski • 2003
Why nothing works perfectly: the constraints hiding inside every object you use.
3.40
334
📐 Everyday Design🔧 Engineering Philosophy⚖️ Design Constraints
Small Things Considered Summary
Small Things Considered 89%
Why nothing works perfectly: the constraints hiding inside every object you use.
by Henry Petroski 2003
3.40
334 ratings
📐 Everyday Design🔧 Engineering Philosophy⚖️ Design Constraints
Brunelleschi's Dome
by Ross King • 1999
A goldsmith promised to build the world's largest dome without scaffolding. No one believed him.
3.91
28k+
🏛️ Architectural History🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy🔧 Mechanical Invention
Brunelleschi's Dome Summary
Brunelleschi's Dome 89%
A goldsmith promised to build the world's largest dome without scaffolding. No one believed him.
by Ross King 1999
3.91
28k+ ratings
🏛️ Architectural History🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy🔧 Mechanical Invention
India’s Railway Man
by Rajendra B. Aklekar • 2017
Bridge: 46 days. Mountain railway: 7 years. The values that built modern India on schedule.
3.85
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📋 Project Management🧱 Civil Engineering🚂 Railways
India’s Railway Man Summary
India’s Railway Man 89%
Bridge: 46 days. Mountain railway: 7 years. The values that built modern India on schedule.
by Rajendra B. Aklekar 2017
3.85
249 ratings
📋 Project Management🧱 Civil Engineering🚂 Railways
Reentry
by Eric Berger • 2024
Explosions, sleeping on the factory floor, and NASA skeptics: the real price of reusable rockets.
4.47
2k+
🚀 Commercial Spaceflight🛰️ New Space🔧 Aerospace Engineering
Reentry Summary
Reentry 89%
Explosions, sleeping on the factory floor, and NASA skeptics: the real price of reusable rockets.
by Eric Berger 2024
4.47
2k+ ratings
🚀 Commercial Spaceflight🛰️ New Space🔧 Aerospace Engineering
How Technology Works
by D.K. Publishing • 2019
A visual tour of the physics inside your phone, your microwave, and the power grid.
4.33
166
🔍 Visual Encyclopedias⚙️ How Things Work⚡ Applied Physics
How Technology Works Summary
How Technology Works 89%
A visual tour of the physics inside your phone, your microwave, and the power grid.
by D.K. Publishing 2019
4.33
166 ratings
🔍 Visual Encyclopedias⚙️ How Things Work⚡ Applied Physics
The Great Bridge
by David McCullough • 1972
The father died. The son collapsed. The daughter-in-law stepped in and built the Brooklyn Bridge.
4.26
19k+
💰 Gilded Age History🌉 Civil Engineering History🏗️ Megaproject Narratives
The Great Bridge Summary
The Great Bridge 89%
The father died. The son collapsed. The daughter-in-law stepped in and built the Brooklyn Bridge.
by David McCullough 1972
4.26
19k+ ratings
💰 Gilded Age History🌉 Civil Engineering History🏗️ Megaproject Narratives
Networks of New York
by Ingrid Burrington • 2016
Orange lines on the pavement mark fiber-optic cables: a field guide to the visible internet.
3.80
232
🏙️ Urban Infrastructure🌐 Network Infrastructure📖 Visual Field Guides
Networks of New York Summary
Networks of New York 88%
Orange lines on the pavement mark fiber-optic cables: a field guide to the visible internet.
by Ingrid Burrington 2016
3.80
232 ratings
🏙️ Urban Infrastructure🌐 Network Infrastructure📖 Visual Field Guides
Value Engineering
by Anil Kumar Mukhopadhyaya • 2003
Function is worth more than form: the systematic approach that finds savings competitors overlook.
4.75
4
🔧 Value Engineering💰 Cost Engineering♻️ Life Cycle Costing
Value Engineering Summary
Value Engineering 88%
Function is worth more than form: the systematic approach that finds savings competitors overlook.
by Anil Kumar Mukhopadhyaya 2003
4.75
4 ratings
🔧 Value Engineering💰 Cost Engineering♻️ Life Cycle Costing
How to Invent Everything
by Ryan North • 2018
Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.
4.14
6k+
🏛️ Civilization Building🛠️ History Of Technology⏳ Time Travel Conceit
How to Invent Everything Summary
How to Invent Everything 88%
Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.
by Ryan North 2018
4.14
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Civilization Building🛠️ History Of Technology⏳ Time Travel Conceit
The Things We Make
by Bill Hammack • 2023
Engineering isn't applied science: it's the art of solving problems before anyone understands them.
3.75
1k+
🛠️ History Of Technology🏗️ Engineering Culture💡 Design Thinking
The Things We Make Summary
The Things We Make 88%
Engineering isn't applied science: it's the art of solving problems before anyone understands them.
by Bill Hammack 2023
3.75
1k+ ratings
🛠️ History Of Technology🏗️ Engineering Culture💡 Design Thinking
Skunk Works
by Ben R. Rich • 1994
No bureaucracy. No interference. A handful of engineers in a shed built planes invisible to radar.
4.46
17k+
🛩️ Cold War Aviation✈️ Aerospace Engineering🔧 Rapid Prototyping
Skunk Works Summary
Skunk Works 88%
No bureaucracy. No interference. A handful of engineers in a shed built planes invisible to radar.
by Ben R. Rich 1994
4.46
17k+ ratings
🛩️ Cold War Aviation✈️ Aerospace Engineering🔧 Rapid Prototyping
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
by Richard P. Feynman • 1988
A glass of ice water and an O-ring: how Feynman exposed NASA's fatal blind spot.
4.19
31k+
🏛️ Organizational Failure⚠️ Normalization Of Deviance🚀 Space Exploration
What Do You Care What Other People Think? Summary
What Do You Care What Other People Think? 88%
A glass of ice water and an O-ring: how Feynman exposed NASA's fatal blind spot.
by Richard P. Feynman 1988
4.19
31k+ ratings
🏛️ Organizational Failure⚠️ Normalization Of Deviance🚀 Space Exploration
The Pencil
by Henry Petroski • 1992
A pencil hides centuries of engineering failures, global trade, and the secret to good design.
3.80
657
🏭 History Of Technology🏺 Material Culture⚙️ Engineering Design
The Pencil Summary
The Pencil 88%
A pencil hides centuries of engineering failures, global trade, and the secret to good design.
by Henry Petroski 1992
3.80
657 ratings
🏭 History Of Technology🏺 Material Culture⚙️ Engineering Design
Modern Software Engineering
by David Farley • 2021
Software is not a craft; it's a science. The discipline that turns teams into learning machines.
4.16
1k+
🔬 Scientific Engineering🔄 Continuous Delivery🔁 Feedback Loops
Modern Software Engineering Summary
Modern Software Engineering 88%
Software is not a craft; it's a science. The discipline that turns teams into learning machines.
by David Farley 2021
4.16
1k+ ratings
🔬 Scientific Engineering🔄 Continuous Delivery🔁 Feedback Loops
The Evolution of Useful Things
by Henry Petroski • 1994
Annoyance, not function, gave us forks, zippers, paper clips. The real driver of everyday design.
3.52
1k+
🏭 Industrial Design🥄 Everyday Objects🔄 Design Evolution
The Evolution of Useful Things Summary
The Evolution of Useful Things 88%
Annoyance, not function, gave us forks, zippers, paper clips. The real driver of everyday design.
by Henry Petroski 1994
3.52
1k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Design🥄 Everyday Objects🔄 Design Evolution
Release It!
by Michael T. Nygard • 2007
QA says your software is ready. Production disagrees. The patterns that close the gap.
4.25
3k+
🏗️ Software Architecture🌐 Distributed Systems🛡️ Fault Tolerance
Release It! Summary
Release It! 88%
QA says your software is ready. Production disagrees. The patterns that close the gap.
by Michael T. Nygard 2007
4.25
3k+ ratings
🏗️ Software Architecture🌐 Distributed Systems🛡️ Fault Tolerance
Platform Engineering
by Camille Fournier • 2024
Platform teams fail without product thinking. How to build internal tools developers actually love.
4.03
119
🏗️ Platform Engineering👥 Engineering Management💡 Product Thinking
Platform Engineering Summary
Platform Engineering 88%
Platform teams fail without product thinking. How to build internal tools developers actually love.
by Camille Fournier 2024
4.03
119 ratings
🏗️ Platform Engineering👥 Engineering Management💡 Product Thinking
The Mythical Man-Month
by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. • 1975
A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.
4.01
15k+
🏗️ Software Project Management🧱 Systems Design🎨 Conceptual Design
The Mythical Man-Month Summary
The Mythical Man-Month 88%
A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.
by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 1975
4.01
15k+ ratings
🏗️ Software Project Management🧱 Systems Design🎨 Conceptual Design
The Engineering Executive's Primer
by Will Larson • 2024
Values you can flip, metrics your CEO reads, and the one rule for build vs. buy.
4.25
407
⚙️ Engineering Leadership📊 Engineering Metrics🗺️ Technical Strategy
The Engineering Executive's Primer Summary
The Engineering Executive's Primer 88%
Values you can flip, metrics your CEO reads, and the one rule for build vs. buy.
by Will Larson 2024
4.25
407 ratings
⚙️ Engineering Leadership📊 Engineering Metrics🗺️ Technical Strategy
Site Reliability Engineering
by Betsy Beyer • 2016
Google's operations playbook: why perfect uptime is the wrong target, and what to build instead.
4.21
3k+
🧰 Site Reliability🔄 Devops Culture🌐 Distributed Systems
Site Reliability Engineering Summary
Site Reliability Engineering 88%
Google's operations playbook: why perfect uptime is the wrong target, and what to build instead.
by Betsy Beyer 2016
4.21
3k+ ratings
🧰 Site Reliability🔄 Devops Culture🌐 Distributed Systems
Unwritten Laws of Engineering
by W.J. King • 2011
Engineers' professional rules that school never taught: delegation, accountability, earning trust.
4.10
658
🏗️ Engineering Management🛠️ Professionalism⚖️ Workplace Ethics
Unwritten Laws of Engineering Summary
Unwritten Laws of Engineering 88%
Engineers' professional rules that school never taught: delegation, accountability, earning trust.
by W.J. King 2011
4.10
658 ratings
🏗️ Engineering Management🛠️ Professionalism⚖️ Workplace Ethics
The Right Kind of Crazy
by Adam Steltzner • 2015
A sky crane, a rover, and a team that trusted doubt more than confidence.
3.81
763
🚀 Space Exploration🏛️ NASA History🧩 Systems Thinking
The Right Kind of Crazy Summary
The Right Kind of Crazy 88%
A sky crane, a rover, and a team that trusted doubt more than confidence.
by Adam Steltzner 2015
3.81
763 ratings
🚀 Space Exploration🏛️ NASA History🧩 Systems Thinking
An Elegant Puzzle
by Will Larson • 2019
Engineering management is a systems problem. Design your org as carefully as your code.
4.07
4k+
🛠️ Engineering Management🏗️ Organizational Design🧠 Systems Thinking
An Elegant Puzzle Summary
An Elegant Puzzle 88%
Engineering management is a systems problem. Design your org as carefully as your code.
by Will Larson 2019
4.07
4k+ ratings
🛠️ Engineering Management🏗️ Organizational Design🧠 Systems Thinking
Car Science
by Richard Hammond • 2008
From chemical explosions to downforce: the physics that makes cars go, stop, and nearly take flight.
4.44
144
🏎️ Automotive Engineering⚛️ Vehicle Physics🔥 Internal Combustion
Car Science Summary
Car Science 88%
From chemical explosions to downforce: the physics that makes cars go, stop, and nearly take flight.
by Richard Hammond 2008
4.44
144 ratings
🏎️ Automotive Engineering⚛️ Vehicle Physics🔥 Internal Combustion
The Book on the Bookshelf
by Henry Petroski • 1999
Why books once faced the wall and wore chains: the bookshelf as a history of engineering.
3.75
1k+
📦 Material Culture📖 History Of Reading🏛️ Library History
The Book on the Bookshelf Summary
The Book on the Bookshelf 88%
Why books once faced the wall and wore chains: the bookshelf as a history of engineering.
by Henry Petroski 1999
3.75
1k+ ratings
📦 Material Culture📖 History Of Reading🏛️ Library History
Production-Ready Microservices
by Susan J. Fowler • 2016
Your microservice isn't production-ready by default. Here's the org-wide framework to change that.
3.82
460
🧱 Microservices🏗️ Software Architecture🌐 Distributed Systems
Production-Ready Microservices Summary
Production-Ready Microservices 88%
Your microservice isn't production-ready by default. Here's the org-wide framework to change that.
by Susan J. Fowler 2016
3.82
460 ratings
🧱 Microservices🏗️ Software Architecture🌐 Distributed Systems
The DevOps Handbook
by Gene Kim • 2015
Speed and stability without the tradeoff. A practical handbook for unifying your delivery pipeline.
4.29
6k+
🛠️ Devops📦 Software Delivery🔄 Continuous Delivery
The DevOps Handbook Summary
The DevOps Handbook 88%
Speed and stability without the tradeoff. A practical handbook for unifying your delivery pipeline.
by Gene Kim 2015
4.29
6k+ ratings
🛠️ Devops📦 Software Delivery🔄 Continuous Delivery
Truth, Lies, and O-Rings
by Allan J. McDonald • 2009
One engineer's refusal to stay silent exposed how schedule pressure killed Challenger's crew.
4.02
803
🤝 Engineering Ethics🚀 Space Disasters📢 Whistleblowing
Truth, Lies, and O-Rings Summary
Truth, Lies, and O-Rings 88%
One engineer's refusal to stay silent exposed how schedule pressure killed Challenger's crew.
by Allan J. McDonald 2009
4.02
803 ratings
🤝 Engineering Ethics🚀 Space Disasters📢 Whistleblowing
Concorde
by Jonathan Glancey • 2015
The most beautiful aircraft in history was a commercial failure. The story of what went wrong.
3.61
131
🛩️ Aviation History✈️ Supersonic Flight🚀 Aerospace Engineering
Concorde Summary
Concorde 88%
The most beautiful aircraft in history was a commercial failure. The story of what went wrong.
by Jonathan Glancey 2015
3.61
131 ratings
🛩️ Aviation History✈️ Supersonic Flight🚀 Aerospace Engineering
The Site Reliability Workbook
by Betsy Beyer • 2018
Reliability as math: SLOs, error budgets, canarying, and the team practices that make it stick.
4.36
405
🛠️ Site Reliability Engineering🚀 Devops Practices🔥 Incident Management
The Site Reliability Workbook Summary
The Site Reliability Workbook 88%
Reliability as math: SLOs, error budgets, canarying, and the team practices that make it stick.
by Betsy Beyer 2018
4.36
405 ratings
🛠️ Site Reliability Engineering🚀 Devops Practices🔥 Incident Management
iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon
by Steve Wozniak • 2006
Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.
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18k+
🖥️ Personal Computing🌉 Silicon Valley History📞 Phone Phreaking
iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon Summary
iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon 88%
Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.
by Steve Wozniak 2006
3.85
18k+ ratings
🖥️ Personal Computing🌉 Silicon Valley History📞 Phone Phreaking
How To Build A Car
by Adrian Newey • 2017
Ayrton Senna died in his car. He still built more F1 championships than anyone.
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15k+
🏎️ Formula One🏁 Motorsport Memoir🔧 Race Car Design
How To Build A Car Summary
How To Build A Car 87%
Ayrton Senna died in his car. He still built more F1 championships than anyone.
by Adrian Newey 2017
4.45
15k+ ratings
🏎️ Formula One🏁 Motorsport Memoir🔧 Race Car Design
The Path Between the Seas
by David McCullough • 1977
Forty years, two nations, twenty-five thousand dead: the true cost of fifty miles of canal.
4.22
24k+
🏗️ Engineering History🇺🇸 American Imperialism🦟 Tropical Medicine
The Path Between the Seas Summary
The Path Between the Seas 87%
Forty years, two nations, twenty-five thousand dead: the true cost of fifty miles of canal.
by David McCullough 1977
4.22
24k+ ratings
🏗️ Engineering History🇺🇸 American Imperialism🦟 Tropical Medicine
The Longest Line on the Map
by Eric Rutkow • 2019
A century-long quest to link the Americas by road was stopped cold by a 250-mile jungle.
3.04
258
🛤️ Infrastructure History🤝 US-Latin American Relations🛣️ Road Building
The Longest Line on the Map Summary
The Longest Line on the Map 87%
A century-long quest to link the Americas by road was stopped cold by a 250-mile jungle.
by Eric Rutkow 2019
3.04
258 ratings
🛤️ Infrastructure History🤝 US-Latin American Relations🛣️ Road Building
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