Building: The Fight against Gravity

by Mario Salvadori

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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.
  • ISBN10 0689501447
  • ISBN13 9780689501449
  • Publish Date 1 January 1979
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 1 October 2009
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Imprint Atheneum Books for Young Readers
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 152
  • Language English