Train
Autor Tom Zoellneren Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 ian 2014
A revelatory, entertaining account of the world’s most indispensable mode of transportation
Tom Zoellner loves trains with a ferocious passion. In his new book he chronicles the innovation and sociological impact of the railway technology that changed the world, and could very well change it again.
From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the futuristic MagLev trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of man’s relationship with trains. Zoellner examines both the mechanics of the rails and their engines and how they helped societies evolve. Not only do trains transport people and goods in an efficient manner, but they also reduce pollution and dependency upon oil. Zoellner also considers America’s culture of ambivalence to mass transit, using the perpetually stalled line between Los Angeles and San Francisco as a case study in bureaucracy and public indifference.
Train presents both an entertaining history of railway travel around the world while offering a serious and impassioned case for the future of train travel.
Tom Zoellner loves trains with a ferocious passion. In his new book he chronicles the innovation and sociological impact of the railway technology that changed the world, and could very well change it again.
From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the futuristic MagLev trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of man’s relationship with trains. Zoellner examines both the mechanics of the rails and their engines and how they helped societies evolve. Not only do trains transport people and goods in an efficient manner, but they also reduce pollution and dependency upon oil. Zoellner also considers America’s culture of ambivalence to mass transit, using the perpetually stalled line between Los Angeles and San Francisco as a case study in bureaucracy and public indifference.
Train presents both an entertaining history of railway travel around the world while offering a serious and impassioned case for the future of train travel.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780670017171
ISBN-10: 0670017175
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 153 x 228 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
ISBN-10: 0670017175
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 153 x 228 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
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Notă biografică
TOM ZOELLNER is the author of five nonfiction books including Uranium, winner of the 2011 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award. He was the coauthor with Paul Rusesabagina of the New York Times bestseller An Ordinary Man. He has worked as a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle and The Arizona Republic and as a contributing editor for Men’s Health magazine. He teaches at Chapman University and lives in Los Angeles.
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- An epic journey across the world by train, from Siberia, to India to Japan to the Chicago-LA Southwest Chief.
- Delighting in the elegance of train travel, Zoellner also enthuses about its historical and sociological importance.
- Train fans abound in the UK and this is a perfect gift for many, as well as those who enjoy armchair travelling.
- Train journeys offer the time to truly see a country and meet its inhabitants that is impossible with air travel.
- Zoellner is co-author of An Ordinary Man (Bloomsbury, 2010) which inspired the film Hotel Rwanda (Lionsgate, 2004).