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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