by Philip Wilkinson · EDICIONES SM · tapa dura · ISBN 9788434852099
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«Obras de ingeniería» is a children's non-fiction book about engineering by Philip Wilkinson, published by Ediciones SM in hardcover (46 pages, in Spanish).
It explains how skyscrapers stay up, how an offshore oil platform is raised, and how the tunnel under the English Channel was drilled. With three-dimensional models and photographs, it shows the inside of bridges, roller coasters, super-airports, nuclear power plants and marine cities.
The edition was published on May 9, 2003 in the Biblioteca tridimensional collection. Translation by Almudena Bautista; original title: «Super Structures».
Recommended for readers aged 10 to 12 interested in technology and in discovering how large constructions work.
Philip Wilkinson is the author of non-fiction books for children and adults. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He worked as an editor prior to becoming an author.
