David P Billington

"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007" David P. Billington is Gordon Y. S. Wu Professor of Engineering at Princeton University. His books include The Innovators; Robert Maillart: Designer, Builder, Artist; and The Tower and the Bridge (Princeton). David P. Billington Jr. holds a Ph.D. in modern history from the University of Texas and is an independent scholar. Power, Speed, and Form is the first accessible account of the engineering...