Here’s something for a neglected audience: the young teenager. 100 Greatest
Manmade Wonders by Patricia Sechi-Johnson (Dragon’s World, £8.95, ISBN 1
85028 314 1) is a really tasty picture book. It contains much of the usual
stuff, from the pyramids to Pisa’s leaning tower, but adds modern examples such
as the Troll gas drilling platform, the Mir space station and the Arecibo
Observatory. A surprising amount of information lurks unobtrusively in the
picture captions.
More from 91av
Explore the latest news, articles and features
Health
Simple treatment tweak drastically reduces blood loss from severe cuts
News
Physics
Weird 'transdimensional' state of matter is neither 2D nor 3D
News
Life
Why dinosaurs lived much more complex lives than we thought
Features
Technology
The chips in your phone are probably broken – and that's a good thing
News
Popular articles
Trending 91av articles
1
We may finally have a cure for many different autoimmune conditions
2
Is consciousness more fundamental to reality than quantum physics?
3
Why dinosaurs lived much more complex lives than we thought
4
100-year-old assumption about the universe may soon be overturned
5
Cancer is increasing in young people and we still don't know why
6
The bombshell results that demand a new theory of the universe
7
The chips in your phone are probably broken – and that's a good thing
8
We’ve glimpsed before the big bang and it’s not what we expected
9
How I pay almost nothing to power my house and electric car
10
Weird 'transdimensional' state of matter is neither 2D nor 3D
