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How Science Saved the Eiffel Tower

Emma Bland Smith

Illustrator: Lisa Visirin

Ages: 6+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Capstone Editions/Capstone

ISBN: 978-1-68446-478-4

Keywords: architecture, perseverance, Paris

Gustave Eiffel saved the tower he'd created for the 1889 World's Fair from being dismantled by demonstrating its value for many scientific and technological advances. Digital art, sources. Additional back matter.