Understanding the world's greatest structures : [videorecording (DVD)] science and innovation from antiquity to modernity / professor Stephen Ressler.

Understanding the world's greatest structures : [videorecording (DVD)] science and innovation from antiquity to modernity / professor Stephen Ressler.

Alternate Title
: 
Great Courses. Understanding the world's greatest structures : science and innovation from antiquity to modernity

Publication Date
: 
2011

Publication Information
: 
[Springfield, Va.] : Teaching Co.,

Physical Description
: 
4 videodiscs (720 min.)

Subject Term
: 
Structural engineering.
 
Strength of materials.
 
Building materials.
 
Strains and stresses.
 
Building, Iron and steel.
 
Concrete construction.
 
Educational films.

Series
: 
GREAT COURSES (DVD) SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS. ENGINEERING
 
GREAT COURSES (DVD). SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS. ENGINEERING

Additional Contributors
: 
Ressler, Stephen J.

Summary
: 
Lectures introduce the principles of form, function, and structure while also looking at the mathematical and mechanical principles behind the construction of the world's greatest structures.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9781598037258

General Note
: 
DVD.
 
Unrated.
 
24 lectures - 30 minutes per lecture.


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall Number
St. John's - A.C. HunterAdult NFic DVDAdult Non-Fiction DVD624.177 G79