Above all, he pays tribute to nature, the greatest designer and also the most pragmatic 'after all, bad designs can always be eaten by good ones.' UK Postage £3.40 Airmail to Rest of the World £20.00 (except the EU, where we no longer export due to slow and lost deliveries, and excessive and unpredictable charges since Brexit) We only use airmail as surface mail can take up to 10 weeks. The engineering principles are explained in a very simple and humorous way. why bridges are safe to drive or walk on or why in the early 20th century many German fighter aircraft lost their wings in combat. He explores the history of design, aesthetics and accidents such as the catastrophic sinking of the H. The book teaches structural engineers and non-engineers the basics of structural behaviour of everyday structures and items, e.g. Writing with wit and clarity, he brings his subject alive for even the least technically minded reader, demystifying concepts such as 'shear and torsion' and the difference between stress and strain. Gordon began his career as a naval architect before designing aircraft during the Second World War and later becoming Professor of Materials Science at Reading University.
How do our tendons work? What do Chinese boats have in common with the wings of a bat? Why did the ancients take the wheels off their chariots at night? How did a Parisian couturier's designs contribute to space travel and military technology? The answers are all here in this engrossing narrative. Gordon, 'is a structure of one kind or another.' Structures: or Why Things Don't Fall Down reveals the unseen forces that hold up buildings, bridges and aeroplanes but also animals, plants and human beings.
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