Building: The Fight Against Gravity

Brand: Atheneum

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$1,608.65 - $1,609.95
UPC:
9780689501449
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
11/1/1979
Author:
Mario Salvadori
Language:
english
Edition:
1st

Product Overview

An introduction to the basic principles of architecture and engineering including a discussion of structural materials and their properties and such problems as how skyscrapers are kept from swaying excessively and buildings prevented from sinking into the ground.