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Concrete Planet [electronic resource] The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World's Most Common Man-Made Material
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| 서명/저자사항 | Concrete Planet [electronic resource] : The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World's Most Common Man-Made Material. |
| 개인저자 | Courland, Robert. |
| 발행사항 | Blue Ridge Summit: Prometheus, 2022. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource (425 p.). |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Courland, Robert Concrete Planet Blue Ridge Summit : Prometheus,c2022 9781633888166 |
| ISBN | 163388869X 9781633888692 |
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Description based upon print version of record.
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| 내용주기 | Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction: The Most Common Man-made Substance on Earth -- 1. Origins -- 2. Towering Ziggurats, Concrete Pyramids, and Minoan Mazes -- 3. The Gold Standard -- 4. Concrete in Mesoamerica and Renaissance Europe -- 5. The Development of Modern Concrete -- 6. Refinements, Reinforcement, and Proliferation -- 7. The Wizard and the Architect -- 8. The Concretization of the World -- 9. The Bad News -- 10. The Good News Epilogue: The Collapse of the Champlain Towers South . . . and how to avoid another such incident from reoccurring -- Notes -- Index |
| 요약 | Concrete: We use it for our buildings, bridges, dams, and roads. We walk on it, drive on it, and many of us live and work within its walls. But very few of us know what it is. We take for granted this ubiquitous substance, which both literally and figuratively comprises much of modern civilization's constructed environment; yet the story of its creation and development features a cast of fascinating characters and remarkable historical episodes. Featuring a new epilogue on the Surfside condominium collapse and the current state of infrastructure in America, this book delves into this history, |
| 일반주제명 | Concrete --History. |
| 언어 | 영어 |
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