Books written by David Blockley
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Engineering: A Very Short Introduction
... Kadvany ROMAN BRITAIN Peter Salway THE ROMAN EMPIRE Christopher Kelly ROMANTICISM Michael Ferber ROUSSEAU RobertWokler RUSSELL A. C.Grayling RUSSIAN HISTORY Geoffrey Hosking RUSSIAN LITERATURE Catriona Kelly THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION ...
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Bridges: The Science and Art of the World's Most Inspiring Structures
The Dee Bridge with its three 29.8-m spans was one of the first cast iron bridges to catch the spotlight. It was designed by Robert Stephenson and completed in 1846. The two parallel cast-iron girders were both made of three very large ...
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Structural Engineering: A Very Short Introduction
KNOWLEDGE Jennifer Nagel THE KORAN Michael Cook LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Ian H. Thompson LANDSCAPES AND GEOMORPHOLOGY Andrew Goudie and Heather Viles LANGUAGES Stephen R. Anderson LATE ANTIQUITY Gillian Clark LAW Raymond Wacks THE LAWS OF ...
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Structural Engineering: A Very Short Introduction
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
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Building Bridges: Between Theory And Practice
The book is about bridging the huge gaps between what engineers know, what they do and why things go wrong.
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Creativity, Problem Solving, and Aesthetics in Engineering: Today's Engineers Turning Dreams into Reality
... the myth of the clockwork universe. The myth continues to reinforce, in some people, 'technology triumphalism'— the idea that modern digital technology will remedy all societal issues. It is perhaps a manifestation of the more general ...