Structures or Why Things Don't Fall Down [Kozo no sekai: Naze buttai wa kuzure ochinai de irareruka] JAPANESE EDITION

J.E. Gordon; James Edward Gordon; Hirozo Ishikawa

ISBN 10: 4621036432 / ISBN 13: 9784621036433

Published by Maruzen, Tokyo, 1991

About this Item

Paperback, in Japanese, x + 338 pages, b&w illustrations, NOT ex-library. Great condition, book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Spine free of vertical creases. In a good, gently worn dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 006560

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Structures or Why Things Don't Fall Down [Kozo no sekai: Naze buttai wa kuzure ochinai de irareruka] JAPANESE EDITION
• Publisher: Maruzen, Tokyo
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: Japanese
• ISBN 10: 4621036432
• ISBN 13: 9784621036433
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Japanese-Language Books

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Synopsis

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.