Built : the hidden stories behind our structures / Roma Agrawal.
Agrawal, Roma, 1983- author.
2018
TA633 .A36 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Built : the hidden stories behind our structures / Roma Agrawal.
Author
Agrawal, Roma, 1983- author.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
ISBN
9781635570229 (hardcover)
1635570220 (hardcover)
9781635570212 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Bloomsbury USA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.
Language
English
Description
300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
TA633 .A36 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
624.1
Summary
Looks at the history of structural engineering, discusses the science behind the field, describes how engineers keep modern buildings from falling down and how a bridge can span distances, and compares modern solutions with those from ancient cultures. --Publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index.
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