Bridges: The Science and Art of the World's Most Inspiring Structures

by David Blockley

Book Overview

The Brooklyn Bridge, London's Tower Bridge, San Francisco's Golden Gate--bridges can be breathtakingly monumental structures, magnificent works of art, and vital arteries that make life vastly easier. In Bridges, eminent structural engineer David Blockley takes readers on a fascinating guided tour of bridge construction, ranging from the primitive rope bridges (now mainly found in adventure movies), to Roman aqueducts and the timber trestle railway...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199645728
• ISBN13: 9780199645725
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.0" x 7.7"