Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World--From the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief [Idioma Inglés] - Tapa dura

Zoellner, Tom

 
9780670025282: Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World--From the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief [Idioma Inglés]
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ISBN 10: 0670025283 ISBN 13: 9780670025282
Editorial: VIKING HARDCOVER, 2014

Sinopsis

A revelatory, entertaining account of the world's most indispensable mode of transportation Tom Zoellner loves trains with a ferocious passion. In his new book he chronicles the innovation and sociological impact of the railway technology that changed the world, and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the futuristic MagLev trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of man's relationship with trains. Zoellner examines both the mechanics of the rails and their engines and how they helped societies evolve. Not only do trains transport people and goods in an efficient manner, but they also reduce pollution and dependency upon oil. Zoellner also considers America's culture of ambivalence to mass transit, using the perpetually stalled line between Los Angeles and San Francisco as a case study in bureaucracy and public indifference. Train presents both an entertaining history of railway travel around the world while offering a serious and impassioned case for the future of train travel.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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Tom Zoellner is the author of four previous nonfiction books, including Uranium, winner of the 2011 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award. He is an Associate Professor at Chapman University and lives in downtown Los Angeles.


Tom Zoellner is the author of four previous nonfiction books, includingUranium, winner of the 2011 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award. He is an Associate Professor at Chapman University and lives in downtown Los Angeles.

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VIKING HARDCOVER
Año de publicación
2014
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0670025283
ISBN 13 
9780670025282
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Tapa dura
Número de páginas
346
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ISBN 10:  0143126342 ISBN 13:  9780143126348
Editorial: Penguin Publishing Group, 2014
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