Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down

For anyone who has ever wondered why suspension bridges don't collapse under eight lanes of traffic, how dams hold back-or give way under-thousands of gallons of water, or what principles guide the design of a skyscraper or a kangaroo, this book will ease your anxiety and answer your questions. J. E. Gordon strips engineering of its confusing technical terms, communicating its founding principles in accessible, witty prose.

• The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor (Penguin Science)
• Civil Engineering: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
• To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
• Engineering: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
• Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
• Why Buildings Fall Down: Why Structures Fail
• The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall through the Floor (Princeton Science Library)
• Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
• Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture: Strength of Architecture from the Pyramids to the Skyscraper
• Think Like An Engineer: Inside the Minds that are Changing our Lives