The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Science, Engineering and Technology

Michael Higgins' book, "The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World," combines science, engineering, and technology with ancient documentation and archaeological findings to present a comprehensive understanding of the ancient world's wonders. He explores how these monuments were created, the advanced social organization and wealth required, and the natural resources and environmental factors that contributed to their preservation or destruction. Higgins also speculates on how we could recreate these ancient wonders and make new ones that can withstand environmental changes and natural disasters for the next two thousand years.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 18 June 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc

Michael Higgins broadens our understanding of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by bringing science, engineering, and technology together with ancient documentation and archaeological findings.The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (Pyramids of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Colossus of Rhodes, and the Pharos Lighthouse at Alexandria) have been a source of fascination for more than two thousand years. Even though six of the Wonders are now gone, historians and archaeologists have attempted to explain how and why these ancient monuments were created. However, never before have these attempts been synthesized with the contributions of science, engineering, and technology.In The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Michael Higgins combines scientific research together with ancient documentation and archaeological findings to present a rich, multi-layered portrait of each monument. To build a Wonder took advanced social organization and wealth generated by agriculture and trade, both of which depended on regional geography and climate. It also took natural resources, as well as an understanding of the environment where the Wonder would stand. Even the natural processes often responsible for a Wonder's destruction sometimes contributed to the preservation of its ruins. These and other topics are accessibly explored in this book. After using science, engineering, and technology to answer key questions about the Wonders, Higgins speculates on how we could recreate these ancient monuments and make new wonders that could withstand environmental changes and natural disasters for the next two thousand years.

Weight: 680g
Dimension: 242 x 165 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780197648148