Earthquakes and engineers : an international history / Robert K. Reitherman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reitherman, Robert, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earthquake engineering--History.

Earthquake engineering.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 749 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, [2011]

Summary:

Executive director of the Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering, Reitherman (Earthquake Engineering Research Institute) begins by describing pre-scientific attempts to understand earthquakes. Then he traces the development of civil engineering as the prerequisite for earthquake engineering, the contributions from many countries and disciplines, the way both large and small earthquakes had an effect on the field, the creative contributions of academic and practicing engineers, and the influences that came from completely outside the field of earthquake engineering. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-726) and index.

ISBN:

9780784410714

0784410712

9780784476352

0784476357

OCLC:

746836747