Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down (Penguin science)
by J E Gordon
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Manufacturer: Penguin
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 624
EAN: 9780140136289
ISBN: 0140136282
Label: Penguin
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 1991-09-26
Publisher: Penguin
Studio: Penguin
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Summary: Essential reading for engineers
Comment: This and his companion book on materials should be compulsory reading on all physical engineering courses. It will also be very useful for medical students to understand how muscles and skeletons work.
If you do not have a copy of both, go and buy them now.
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Summary: A fun set book
Comment: This book and it's sister title were set books for my BSc in Safety and Health back in the 70s. Both have been read so many times that they are suffering to the extent of needing replacement. Prof Gordon charmed me when I saw a lecture by him about composite materials on OU, and these books approach learning so joyfully that you hardly realise it's happening. My wife, who is a Glass Artist has also read and enjoyed both, and given her allergy to mathematics, that is high praise indeed.
More textbooks should be as approachable and more teachers should be as "un-po-faced" about their subject as this author. Read it just for fun and remember: whether pussy is pulling or you're pulling, the strain on the tail's the same!
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Summary: wonderful read . a treasure
Comment: i loved this book. i am a lay reader but it gave me a good understanding of structures and is written in such and entertaining way. i would recommend this to anyone . it is a model of how the complexities of the world can be explained in a clear and enjoyable way.
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Summary: Not very technical and too friendly
Comment: This is a book that I admire for its honesty. It's not too technical or detailed in the technology involved in structures, but this is why it was written. For common people, degree starters and professionals that want some expert opinion on everyday structural work. You won't find only philosophy or only random thoughts, or just technical details. You will not get the feeling that the book scratches the surface. For the simple reason, this book does all this at the same time in a special way that it is a beautifull read, a nice historic overview in structural engineering and offers simple answers to the question "why materials do that or that".
The book has two main audiences. First, starters to the science of material and structural angineering. Second, experts to these science group that want some opinions and historic reference from a mature professional that had worked in the design, study and maintaince of various structures, from aircrafts and ships to boilers and even.. plants and humans.
It's real beauty of this book resides to the fact that it behaves to materials at the same time and with the same 'respect'. It doesn't matter if it's wood, or steel, or concrete, or even bat's skin. They are all materials that share the same science over different properties.
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Summary: Structures
Comment: The book is a good introduction to engineering of any sort particuly civil or structural. It would be beneficial to anyone about to take A level physics and beyond. It pulls together losts of laws by famous scientists and presents it in different but interesting ways. The language is sometimes quite technical but is easy to understand with some previous knowledge in the subject and or after a few chapters of the book. an enjoyable read intersting read
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