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For anyone who has ever wondered why suspension bridges don't collapse under eight lanes of traffic or what principles guide the design of a skyscraper, this work aims to ease your anxiety and answer your questions by communicating engineering's principles in accessible, witty prose.Gordon, J. E. is the author of 'Structures Or Why Things Dont Fall Down', published 2003 under ISBN 9780306812835 and ISBN 0306812835.
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