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Why Buildings Fall Down : How Structures Fail Paperback - 2002
by Levy, Matthys, Salvadori, Mario
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Whenever a building, bridge, tunnel or dam collapses, it is front page news. Now two of the world's premier structural engineers take readers on a journey through the history of structural disasters, from the Parthenon and Rome's Coliseum to the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. 200 illustrations.
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- Title Why Buildings Fall Down : How Structures Fail
- Author Levy, Matthys, Salvadori, Mario
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very good
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W, New York
- Publication date 2002-02-17
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # GRP82560054
- ISBN 9780393311525 / 039331152X
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.2 x 6.1 x 1 in (23.37 x 15.49 x 2.54 cm)
- Category Architecture
- Library of Congress subjects Structural failures, Building failures
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2002511151
- Dewey Decimal Code 690.21
- Quantity available 1
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