Pushing the limits : new adventures in engineering (Record no. 27393)
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| fixed length control field | 01053nam a2200157Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 1400040515 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 620 |
| Item number | PET |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Petroski, Henry |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Pushing the limits : new adventures in engineering |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Alfred A. Knopf Inc. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2004 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii,288,iip. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Contents Preface xi BRIDGES Art in Iron and Steel 3 Bridges of America 13 Benj amin Franklin Bridge 21 Floating Bridges 31 Confederation Bridge 42 Pont de Normandie 51 Britannia Bridge 60 Tower Bridge 71 Drawing Bridges 80 An Eye-Opening Bridge 91 Millennium Legacies 100 Broken Bridges 113 New and Future Bridges 120 AND OTHER THINGS Dorton Arena 131 Bilbao 141 Santiago Calatrava 150 Fazlur Khan 159 The Fall of Skyscrapers 169 Vanities of the Bonfire 180 St. Francis Dam 194 Three Gorges Dam 207 Fuel Cells 227 Engineers' Dreams 239 Engineers' Achievements 248 Acknowledgments and Bibliography 257 List of Illustrations and Credits 271 Index 273 |
| 890 ## - COUNTRY | |
| -- | United States |
| 891 ## - TOPIC | |
| -- | SD |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Total Renewals | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note |
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| Faculty of Technology | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 10/12/2012 | The Word Book Shop | 1437.50 | 9 | 5 | 620 PET | 010459 | 05/08/2022 | 12/07/2022 | 30/08/2013 | Book | Status:Catalogued;Bill No:WORDI/2012/CRB/752 |