A review by thatsoneforthebooks
How Science Saved the Eiffel Tower by Emma Bland Smith

5.0

I really love reading books with my kids about how landmarks are designed and created - one of our favorites is about the Golden Gate Bridge. This has a similar joy to it of happy circumstances and hard work that produced one of the world's most well-known landmarks. The book shows how popular opinion long leaned toward destroying the tower after the world's fair, but Eiffel worked to make it a essential bastion of scientific research. Great illustrations and an interesting story for curious kids and adults alike.