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| 001 13399131739 |
| 003 ULIBM |
| 008 170502s1992||||th 000 0 eng d |
| 020 ^a039331152X (pbk.) |
| 020 ^a9780393311525 (pbk.) |
| 050 14 ^aTH 441^b.L48 1992 |
| 100 1 ^aLevy, Matthys |
| 245 10 ^aWhy buildings fall down :^bhow structures fail /^cMatthys Levy and Mario Salvadori ; illustrations by Kevin Woest |
| 250 ^a1st pbk. ed |
| 260 ^aNew York :^bW.W. Norton,^c1994, c1992 |
| 300 ^a334 p. :^bill. ;^c24 cm |
| 500 ^aIncludes index |
| 505 0 ^aThe first structural failure -- Miracle on thirty-fourth street -- Will the Pantheon stand up forever -- For lack of redundancy -- Big bangs -- The day the earth shook -- Galloping Gertie -- When metals tire -- Thruways to eternity -- The weaknesses of mother earth -- Valley of tears -- The house of cards -- Structural dermatology -- Old-age death -- The worst structural disaster in the United States -- The politics of destruction -- The structure of the law -- Conclusion: can we prevent future failures? |
| 520 ^aChronicles the how and why of the most important andinteresting structural failures in history, especially in the twentieth century |
| 650 0 ^aBuilding failures |
| 650 0 ^aStructural failures |
| 700 1 ^aSalvadori, Mario,^d1907-1997 |
| 999 ^aปวีนา ภู่ทอง |