The book by JE Gordon explains how everything around us, like bridges and buildings, stays together. It uses humour and easy-to-understand examples, with chapters like The Advantage of Being a Beam. It helps you understand how things work and is a user-friendly guide to the basics of how things that are built stay in one piece.

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To Engineer Is Human

From the walkway collapse at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel in 1980 to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge twisting apart in a gentle breeze in 1940, Henry Petroski dishes out a collection of case studies that delve into fundamental concepts of progress and perfection, bridging the gap between the world of science and the unpredictable everyday life.

Built: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures

 

The author of this book, Roma Agrawal, is an award-winning structural engineer who has designed bridges, skyscrapers, and sculptures, and worked on London’s The Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe. In this book, Agrawal explores how buildings are made, how they stay up, and how bridges span great distances, discussing solutions from both modern times and ancient civilizations like 
the Romans.

The Existential Pleasures Of Engineering

While houses, monuments, temples and roads are aimed at creating convenience, they are also admired as art. In this book, author Samuel Florman explores how engineers think and feel about their work. Florman believes that engineering responds to deep human instincts and offers satisfaction in both spiritual and sensory ways. He rejects the idea that technology is a bad thing and presents an enjoyable view of engineering.