TY - BOOK AU - Agrawal,Roma TI - Built: the hidden stories behind our structures SN - 1408870363 AV - TA633 .A36 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - New York, NY PB - Bloomsbury USA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc KW - Structural engineering KW - Popular works KW - Building KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Structural KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index; Storey -- Force -- Fire -- Clay -- Metal -- Rock -- Sky -- Earth -- Hollow -- Pure -- Clean -- Idol -- Bridge -- Dream N2 - Looks at the history of structural engineering, discusses the science behind the field, describes how engineers keep modern buildings from falling down and how a bridge can span distances, and compares modern solutions with those from ancient cultures. --Publisher ER -