000			01053nam a2200157Ia 4500
020			_a1400040515
082			_a620 _bPET
100			_aPetroski, Henry
245			_aPushing the limits : new adventures in engineering
260			_aNew York _bAlfred A. Knopf Inc. _c2004
300			_axii,288,iip.
500			_aContents 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			_aUnited States
891			_aSD
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