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Softcover. Condición: Gut. Gebraucht - Gut Zustand: Gut, Verlagsmängelex., 192 pp. Verlagsmängelexemplar About this book: Why do bridges mean somuch to us? Looking up at the soaring arch of great bridge evokes powerful emotions: fear, a sense of adventure, and a memory of the earliest human attempt to overcome the raging torrent - on a precarious tree trunk, over a swaying rope bridge. This book explores the meaning of some of the most important bridges ever buitl, freom early stone structures to the breathtaking recent feats of modern engineering. It lookss kat the ways that bridges bring people together, and why sometimes thex can tear communities apart. Pulished to accompany a ground-breaking BBC television series, Bridge is a unique record of people's ideas and dreams: from famous bridge builders to the homeless people who sleep beneath their creations. Key case studies include the Millennium Bridge in London, Brooklyn Bridge in New York, and the ruined Mostar Bridge in Bosnia.…