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050	0	0	_aTH441 _b.L48 2002
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100	1		_aLevy, Matthys
245	1	0	_aWhy buildings fall down : _bhow structures fail _cby Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori ; illustrated by Kevin Woest.
260			_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton, _c©2002.
300			_a346 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505			_t1. The first structural failure _t2. Miracle on Thirty-Fourth Street _t3. Will the Pantheon stand up forever? _t4. For lack of redundancy _t5. Big bangs _t6. The day the Earth shook _t7. Galloping Gertie _t8. When metals tire _t9. Thruways to eternity _t10. The weaknesses of Mother Earth _t11. Valley of tears _t12. The house of cards _t13. Structural dermatology _t14. Old-age death _t15. The worst structural disaster in the United States _t16. The politics of destruction _t17. The structure of the law _t18. Terror from the sky _t19. Conclusion : can we prevent future failures?
650		0	_aBuilding failures.
650		0	_aStructural failures.
700	1		_aSalvadori, Mario
700	1		_aWoest, Kevin _eillustrator
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