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History of structural theory: 4609.

Publication: Architectural Science Review
Publication Date: 01-DEC-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: History of structural theory: 4609.(The History of the Theory of Structures from Arch Analysis to Computational Mechanics)(Book review)

Article Excerpt
The History of the Theory of Structures

from Arch Analysis to Computational

Mechanics, by Karl-Eugen Kurrer,

Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Rotherstrasse 21,

10245-Berlin, Germany, 2008. 848pp,

illus., index. Price 119 [euro] Hbk.

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While the theory of structures has been studied and written about for many centuries, the actual content of the subject has of course changed almost beyond recognition. The history of this discipline was also a current topic of interest for much of that time; but for much of the twentieth century it had received only limited attention from historians....

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