Engineers Making a Difference

Name: Engineers Making a Difference
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SKU: 9781804660270
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Inventors, Technicians, Scientists and Tech Entrepreneurs Changing the World, and How You Can Join Them

By Dr Shini Somara

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Meet 46 engineers who are changing our world. Discover what drives them and how they create groundbreaking technologies that improve our daily lives. From clean energy solutions to prosthetic limbs and AI programming to Mars exploration, these engineers use their skills to tackle society's greatest challenges. Featuring a diverse group from apprentices to CEOs, this book celebrates the real-life superheroes shaping our future.
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Format: Hardback

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Ideal for children and young readers interested in STEM, educators seeking engaging material about engineering careers, and anyone involved in youth outreach or career guidance.

Meet 46 engineers who are changing our world. Find out what makes them tick and how they create awe-inspiring technologies to improve our lives.

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Meet 46 engineers who are changing our world. Find out what makes them tick and how they create awe-inspiring technologies to improve our lives.

Engineers are the superheroes of the real world. They use their problem-solving skills to face down the biggest challenges we have, from creating clean energy to designing prosthetic limbs, from eliminating food shortages to programming AI to exploring the surface of Mars.

In Engineers Making a Difference, you’ll meet 46 engineers, from apprentices and lab technicians to university professors and start-up CEOs, and hear what problems they are solving and why they love their jobs. Engineers are changing the world. Will you be one of them?

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

"This book is accessible, inspiring and inclusive, with both men and women engineers featured." – BookTrust

"It can be handed to young people to show the variety of engineering careers in an engaging way, and is useful for teachers and careers advisers." – Yasmin Ali, The Chemical Engineer

Shortlisted for the British Book Design Production Awards in Educational Books

"Perfect for inspiring young people." – The School Librarian, School Library Association

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804660270

Publisher: What on Earth Publishing Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 March 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: What on Earth Publishing Ltd

Illustration: Full colour throughout

Contributors:

Illustrated by Adam Allsuch Boardman
Illustrated by Manual Šumberac

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 186.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 224

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Career Development Children's Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Dr. Shini Somara Education & Reference Science & Nature

About the Author

Dr Shini Somara is passionate about making science and technology accessible to all, through a variety of media platforms. She transforms cutting-edge science into heartwarming and captivating stories. Shini’s recent work includes shows for the BBC, Channel 4, UKTV and PBS Digital. She has worked together with brands such as Williams Racing, Google, Dyson and National Grid, The Institute of Engineering and Technology and The Royal Academy of Engineering.

Manuel Šumberac is a Croatian based illustrator and animator. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb where he was drawn towards the fascinating world of illustration. His work has been published and recognized in numerous book illustrations and book covers, such as Pinocchio, Snow White, The Night Before Christmas and Steampunk Frankenstein, amongst many others. Manuel creates his illustrations using digital techniques combined with traditional media.

Adam Allsuch Boardmanis an illustrator based in Leeds, UK who constructs imagery to inform and amuse in a clear and concise manner. His work contains limited palettes, clean geometric shapes and exacting lines and has featured in museum exhibit displays around the UK, such as the Science and Media Museum. Adam has authored and illustrated two non-fiction titles; An Illustrated History of Filmmaking and An Illustrated History of UFOs, the former now translated in over 6 languages.