Mark Denny

Super Structures

The Physics of Bridges, Buildings, Dams, and Other Feats of Engineering

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Employing history, humor, and simple physics to consider such topics as when to use screws or nails, what trusses are, why iron beams are often I-shaped, and why medieval cathedrals have buttresses, Denny succeeds once again in making physics fun.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 501g
• ISBN-13: 9780801894374
• ISBN-10: 0801894379
• Artikelnr.: 28252571

Autorenporträt

Mark Denny is a theoretical physicist who has worked in academia and industry. He is the author of numerous books, including Lights On! The Science of Power Generation, Making Sense of Weather and Climate: The Science behind the Forecasts, and Making the Most of the Anthropocene: Facing the Future.