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Features of Structures PDF By J E Gordon

For anyone who has ever wondered why suspension bridges don’t collapse under eight lanes of traffic, how dams hold back-or give way under-thousands of gallons of water, or what principles guide the design of a skyscraper or a kangaroo, this book will ease your anxiety and answer your questions. J. E. Gordon strips engineering of its confusing technical terms, communicating its founding principles in accessible, witty prose. Structures PDF By J E Gordon

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Description of Structures PDF By J E Gordon

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The Authors of Structures PDF By J E Gordon

James Edward Gordon was born in 1913. He took a degree in naval architecture at Glasgow University and worked in wood and steel shipyards, intending to design sailing ships. On the outbreak of the Second World War he moved to the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, where he worked on wooden aircraft, plastics and unorthodox materials of all kinds. He designed the sailing rescue dinghies carried at one time by most bomber aircraft. He later became head of the plastic structures sections at Farnborough and developed a method of construction in reinforced plastics which is now used for a number of purpose in aircraft and rockets. For several frustrating years he worked in industry on the strength of glass and the growth of strong ‘whisker’ crystals. In 1962 he returned to government service as superintendent of an experimental branch at Waltham Abbey concerned with research and development of entirely new structural materials, most of which were based on ‘whiskers’. He was Industrial Fellow Commoner at Churchill College, Cambridge, and became Professor of Materials Technology at the University of Reading, where he was later Professor Emeritus. He was awarded the British Silver Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society for work on aircraft plastics and also the Griffith Medal of the Materials Science Club for contributions to material science. His book, Structures or Why Things Don’t Fall Down, is also published in Penguin. Professor Gordon died in 1998. In its obituary The Times wrote of him that he was ‘one of the founders of materials science’ and that he wrote ‘two books of outstanding literary quality … at once entertaining and informative, providing absorbing interest for both expert and student’.

Dimensions and Characteristics of Structures PDF By J E Gordon

Identification Number ‏ : ‎ B009G1PHP2
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Da Capo Press (April 28, 2009)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 28, 2009
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 22788 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 520 pages
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Bookname: Structures PDF By J E Gordon

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A comprehensive text that’s fun to read.
December 14, 2017

I wish Gordon was my Strength of Material Professor. His grasp of the subject is only exceeded by his writing skills.

Reminds me of Richard Feynman in his knowledge and his ability to teach a complex topic..

BTW this is on the recommended book list of Elon Musk. That’s a nice endorsement.
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David Chatenay
Good refresher on physics, mixed with questionable opinion
November 27, 2021

I enjoyed the physics explanations, and the history of science parts are excellent: the progression of discoveries, the important physicists who enabled the advancement of materials and engineering etc: all these are great.

But I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that the author has some strong opinions and complaints that in many cases have little to do with the matter, and marred the book for me. Too often I felt I was listening to a curmudgeon: very smart, very educated, but also superior and bitter. There’s too many mentions of bad engineers and architects and “little grey people” who “don’t understand” to mention. Coming from a professor, this is dismaying: most professors know that everyone has a different level of knowledge, and berating someone because they don’t know something doesn’t help (worse, it’s dangerous!).
There’s also a questionable opinion about how buildings and furniture and machines made in the 1800s were materially better than in the 20th century (survivorship bias would like a word with you).
But the worst part is the last chapter about aesthetics, where the author manages in the space of 3 pages to go from “aesthetics is a matter of perception, it’s personal, and a reflection of our times” to “but I believe there are absolute standards of beauty” without skipping a beat. The stress alone of this chapter broke me…

Anyway, I would have love to read a book about advanced materials, but I think I’ll look at other authors.
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Dave
Outstanding
January 4, 2020

This book requires fairly careful attention plus at least an attempt to follow some very simple algebra. But that said, it is well worth the trouble. This book gave me more of a startling uptick in my ability to perceive and “read” the structures around me – from trees leaning this way or that old bending in the wind, to the fascinating structures of bridges and buildings. Really an outstanding, entertaining, super well written book that literally changed my life. Suggestion: without sketch paper and google search to hand I would have had a hard time soaking this one up.

Melissa Johnson
The book is written sort of like a narrative
July 4, 2017

What this book does very well is demonstrate the scientific process from a practical and engineering perspective. The book is written sort of like a narrative, and the historical descriptions take on a nearly first-person feel to it. It’s almost like ‘you’ can experience the evolution of thought and understanding of structural mechanics.

It’s as close to a representation of how science is actually done as I’ve seen. Very unique.

FYI though, the guy tends to get a bit verbose and it sometimes feels like words were added to make his stream of consciousness writing make sense to others, but not enough words were taken away later.

NY Customer
Interesting but technically oriented
August 10, 2020

Although a non-engineer can glean insight into the world inhabited by structural and materials engineers, don’t expect to fully appreciate the points made by the author unless you have a technical background. Tough going at some points (e.g., try to remember the difference between “stress” and “strain”) but a good window into the types of concerns with which engineers have to deal even if a layperson can’t fully understand the underlying principles.

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