Building : the fight against gravity

Author(s)

• Salvadori, Mario
• Hooker, Saralinda
• Ragus, Christopher

Bibliographic Information

Building : the fight against gravity

Mario Salvadori ; drawings by Saralinda Hooker and Christopher Ragus

（A Margaret K. McElderry book）

Atheneum, c1979

1st ed

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB24224149
• ISBN:
  • 0689501447
• LCCN: 79014325
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 152 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : TA634
  • DC : 624/.17
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Structural analysis (Engineering) -- Juvenile literature
  • LCSH : Building materials -- Juvenile literature
  • JVSH : Structural analysis (Engineering)
  • JVSH : Building materials
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA23167621