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100			_aLevy, Matthys _98385
245			_aWhy buildings fall down : _b how structures fail / _cMatthys Levy and Mario Salvadori
260			_bW.W. Norton & Company, _c2002. _aNew York
300			_a346 p.
500			_aInclude Index
505			_a 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?
650			_aBuildings _925927
650			_aBuilding failures _95668
650			_aStructural failures _919841
700			_aSalvadori, Mario _96502
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