TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levy, Matthys
AU  - Salvadori, Mario
TI  - Why buildings fall down: how structures fail  
SN  - 9780393311525
U1  - 690.21 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton & Company
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Building failures
KW  - Structural failures
N1  - Include Index; 	346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:	The first structural failure --
Miracle on Thirty-Fourth Street --
Will the Pantheon stand up forever? --
For lack of redundancy --
Big bangs --
The day the Earth shook --
Galloping Gertie --
When metals tire --
Thruways to eternity --
The weaknesses of Mother Earth --
Valley of tears --
The house of cards --
Structural dermatology --
Old-age death --
The worst structural disaster in the United States --
The politics of destruction --
The structure of the law --
Terror from the sky --
Conclusion : can we prevent future failures?
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