Levy, Matthys. <br/><br/>
Why buildings fall down :  how structures fail / 
Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori 
 - New York :  W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,  c1992 
 - 334 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>The First structural failure -- Miracle on thirty-fourth street -- Will the Pantheon stand up forever? -- For lack of redundancy -- Big bangs -- The Day the Earth shook -- Galloping  Gertie -- When metals tire -- Thruways to eternity -- The Weaknesses of Mother Earth -- Valley of tears -- The House of cards -- Structural dermatology -- Old-age death -- The Worst structural disaster in the United States -- The Politics of destruction -- The Structure of the law -- Conclusion : can we prevent future failure?. 
<br/><br/> It seemed almost unavoidable that having written a book entitled Why Buildings stand up, I should be pushed by my friends (and my wonderfully friendly editor, Edwin Barber) to write another called -what else? - Why Buildings Fall Down. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>039331152X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>BUILDINGS
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TH 441 .L48 1992