Structures: or Why Things Don’t Fall Down was first published in Britain in 1978 by Penguin Books Ltd.

Folio editions feature specially designed bindings and include artist-commissioned illustrations or researched artworks and photographs. Folio Society produces illustrated hardback editions of classic fiction and non-fiction books, poetry and children’s titles. James Edward Gordon (UK, 19131998) was one of the founders of materials science and biomechanics, and a well-known author of three books on structures and materials, which have been translated in many languages and are still widely used in schools and universities. The Folio Society is a London-based publisher. “The special genius of Gordon’s book is that it holds an appeal not just for engineers and mathematicians, but for anyone who – having accepted his basic premise that ‘everything is structure’ – finds the Parthenon beautiful, as he does, while wishing to know why a bat can fly into a rose bush without tearing its wings, why our clothes fall out of shape and why gigantic prehistoric pterodactyls weighed so little.” (from the introduction of the book) Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher. Gordon wants us to consider why structures around us (bridges, cathedrals, worms, skeletons etc.) are arranged and shaped as they are. Este producto: Structures: Or Why Things Dont Fall Down. Gordon was one of the founders of materials science and biomechanics, and a well-known author of three books on structures and materials, which have been translated in many languages and are still widely used in schools and universities. Internally clean, no handwriting or previous owner inscriptions. Minimal wear on the top part of the spine. Gordons classic introduction to the properties of materials used in. Structures: or Why Things Don’t Fall Down

Structures by J.E. Gordon