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Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail
Why Buildings Fall Down How Structures Fail
Author: Matthys Levy, Mario Salvadori
Although modern technologies and new materials have greatly decreased the number of structural failures in today's world, buildings still fall down. Two world-renowned structural engineers take us on an enlightening guided tour through the history of architectural and structural disasters, from ancient times to the present. B/W line drawings.
ISBN-13: 9780393311525
ISBN-10: 039331152X
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: 336
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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a surprisingly readable, enjoyable book about structural failures, writted by the experts, but in language that the layman can understand. really fascinating.
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