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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Boston's John Hancock Tower was still under construction when winds of 75 miles per hour struck on January 20, 1973. By morning, 65 exterior glass panels lay shattered on the ground. Around that time, construction workers reported severe swaying of the structure during winds. Discover how tuned-mass damper technology became an effective tool for controlling wind- and earthquake-induced sway.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In 2005, a group of construction workers in Jerusalem made an incredible discovery. Underneath the parking lot they were digging up lay an ancient city that was built in the tenth century! Three years later, gold coins from an even earlier century were found at the site. The city of Jerusalem is like a layer cake of history--more than five thousand years of complicated history--all of which author Ellen Morgan explains clearly and objectively in this...
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