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- From: JTCHEW@lbl.gov (Ad absurdum per aspera)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,sci.engr.civil
- Subject: Re: Skyscraper FALLS DOWN.
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- Date: 22 Dec 1992 20:38:49 GMT
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- {Alt.folklore.urban deletia about falling skyscrapers and the means of
- keeping the things upright during earthquakes, windstorms, and kids jumping
- up and down on the waterbed in the penthouse -- mentioned in case any of
- you civils feel bored and want to drop in and comment}
-
- One might look at two layman-oriented books published by W.W. Norton and
- Company: _Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture_ by Mario
- Salvadori, and its new companion volume, inevitably entitled _Why Buildings
- Fall Down_, by Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori.
-
- Joe
- "Just another personal opinion from the People's Republic of Berkeley"
-