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Re:Italy bridge: Genoa motorway collapse kills at least 22 by andrepd on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @08:02AM (#17757101)
Bridges are engineering.
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Re:Italy bridge: Genoa motorway collapse kills at least 22 by abhiminator on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @08:26AM (#17757234)
And it's a matter of public safety, collapses like these.
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Re:Italy bridge: Genoa motorway collapse kills at least 22 by noefingway on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @08:45AM (#17757359)
Highly recommend Henry Petroski's book on bridge building https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/to-engineer-is-human-the-role-...
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Re:Italy bridge: Genoa motorway collapse kills at least 22 by abhiminator on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @10:55AM (#17758471)
That picture of the Tacoma Narrows' incident on the cover totally grabbed my eyeballs. This book looks super interesting, thank you for the recommendation.
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