The art of construction: projects and principles for beginning engineers and architects
CONTENTS
Preface to the Third Edition
Acknowledgments
1 From Cave to Skyscraper
2 Building a Tent
3 What Is a Beam?
4 What Do We Build Structures With?
5 The Floor of Your Room
6 A Steel Frame … Made Out of Paper
7 The Part of the Building You Don’t See
8 What Tornadoes, Earthquakes, and Changes in Temperature Can Do
9 How To Fight Tornadoes and Earthquakes
10 Ropes and Cables
11 Sticks and Stones
12 Strings and Sticks
13 Shape and Strength
14 Barrels, Dishes, Butterflies, Bicycle Wheels, and Eggs
15 Balloons … and Back to the Tent
Index
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