TY  - BOOK
AU  - Petroski, Henry
TI  - Pushing the limits : new adventures in engineering
SN  - 1400040515
U1  - 620 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf Inc.
N1  - 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
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