{"product_id":"fred-mills-mega-builds-2026","title":"Fred Mills: Mega Builds [2026]","description":"\u003cp\u003e'The best new popular science books of 2026' - \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A ceaselessly uplifting and positive book' - \u003cb\u003eMark Cooper-Jones\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Way Up\u003c\/i\u003e by the Map Men\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'More globe-trotting than an international spy' - \u003cb\u003eChris Broad\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAbroad in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fred has a gift for turning megaprojects into stories you can feel' - \u003cb\u003eGrady Hillhouse\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eEngineering in Plain Sight \u003c\/i\u003eand creator of Practical Engineering\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Mills rightly celebrates how thinking big is often the right answer.' - \u003cb\u003eChristian Wolmar\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eBlood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eConstruction is the most important industry in the world. The homes we wake up to, the schools we raise our children in, the transport infrastructure we all use, the hospitals we rely on - all of it was built and enabled by construction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMega Builds\u003c\/i\u003e, YouTube sensation Fred Mills charts the story of how ten colossal megaprojects are reshaping our modern world. Fred gives us a front row seat to a fascinating, fact-packed guided tour around the world, shining a spotlight on the incredible feats of engineering that serve as new chapters in the story of what's to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the end of this book, you'll learn:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the world's biggest city has been built in the worst place imaginable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere the vision of a single ruler in the desert is rewriting our understanding of what's possible.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat drives us to build ever-higher buildings and design ever-faster trains.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd above all, how the dizzying scale of human imagination will inform the future of the man-made world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe trajectory of our civilisation is being authored today, all around us, not in words on a page but in steel and concrete, by an industry that most people completely overlook. Learn more about it in \u003ci\u003eMega Builds\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mills, Fred","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53430575661395,"sku":"9780753561621","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/mills-fred-fred-mills-mega-builds-2026-9780753561621-1231569383.jpg?v=1775689510","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/fred-mills-mega-builds-2026","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}