A longtime engineer in Brazil provides a textbook and manual of the principal aspects of the history, design, manufacture, erection, and ope...

Considered the standard engineering reference on shallow foundations, this edition strengthens that position. Completely reworked and writte...

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Through full page, full-color photos and a simple text, these books encourage children to comment on the world of science and nature. By foc...

The fully revised fourth edition of this successful textbook fills a void which will arise when British designers start using the European s...

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