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Engineering Projects for the 21st Century

by Walter F. Laredo

332 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-1585; ISBN 1-4251-3926-4; US$24.00, C$24.00, EUR16.39, £12.39

This book shows great wonders of engineering that may contribute to the advancement of a new Earth civilization, a civilization so advanced that interplanetary flights would become routine.

About the Book

From the beginning, man has been an alert observer of his surroundings, always trying to understand the mysteries of nature. He became first a toolmaker then created primitive weapons necessary for his survival in an unforgiving world.

Man kept evolving and developing his skills through the millennia, until in these modern times contemporary civilized man began creating great works of engineering. In the second half of the 20th century, the field of engineering, especially the field of aerospace engineering, evolved to such extent that man was able to create complex projects and programs that it made possible to put man on the moon, and also to send robots to Mars.

Hopefully, man's creativity will continue to advance, performing still greater engineering tasks through the 21st century.

Preliminary Designs of real engineering projects are depicted throughout this book. Extensive technical and scientific research was performed by the author prior to starting the design and the development of each of the projects. During years of engineering work, the author gained extensive experience, enabling him to develop complex projects. The result has been the development of the engineering projects shown here.

This is a factual book which strictly focuses on preliminary designs of authentic advanced engineering projects whose conceptualization and development conform to the natural laws of physics and to the latest state-of-the-art technologies.

About the Author

As a young child Walter F. Laredo was called by his relatives "Little Leonardo da Vinci," because of his skills of drawing pictures and modeling clay.

After High School he began to study Aeronautical Engineering at La Plata University in Argentina, and at the same time made his living by working at the National Commission of Atomic Energy of Argentina as a mechanical designer for components for the first Latin American Experimental Nuclear Reactor. While still a sophomore college student, he got a contract to design and to build an Aerial Tramway suspended on two track cables across Caranavi River (Bolivia). He also got another contract to design a water turbine (Pelton wheel type) for a miniature hydroelectric power plant in order to provide electricity to a very small village. A few months later he also designed a huge air blower for the big CBN brewery in Bolivia.

Laredo came to the United States to finish his education. After graduating from UCLA in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, he has employed at the principal Aerospace Companies designing aircraft and rockets. He worked in the capacity of aerospace structural engineer at McDonnell Douglas, then at Rockwell in the Space Shuttle Program. He later worked as an engineer for new aircraft advanced concepts at the office of Advanced Projects of the Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington.