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Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down by J. E. Gordon
Category: Architecture
"Rich and readable...personal, witty and ironic." -- Scientific American . For anyone who has ever wondered why suspension bridges don't collapse under eight lanes of traffic, how dams hold back-or give way under-thousands of gallons of water, or what principles guide the design of a skyscraper or a ka ...Show more
Structures:or Why Things Don't Fall Down by J. E. Gordon
Category: Science | Series: Penguin Science Ser.
In "The New Science of Strong Materials" the author made plain the secrets of materials science. In this volume he explains the importance and properties of different structures.
Structures or Why Things Don't Fall Down by J. E. Gordon
Category: Art and Design | Series: Pelican Ser.
I am very much aware that it is an act of extreme rashness to attempt to write an elementary book about structures. Indeed it is only when the subject is stripped of its mathematics that one begins to realize how difficult it is to pin down and describe those structural concepts which are often called' ...Show more
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