Understanding the World's Greatest Structures: Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity

Learning to See and Understand Structure

Educational Mar 4, 2011 33 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E1: How are ideas for buildings, bridges, and towers transformed from sketches to concrete reality? What are the three essential qualities that make a structure great? What's the difference between seeing a structure and actually understanding it? Discover the answers to these and other questions.

Educational Mar 4, 2011 33 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2011
Run Time: 33 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.