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An Illustrated Teacher's Manual on Why Buildings Stand Up
by Mario Salvadori and Michael Tempel |
This manual enables teachers to explore basic architectural and engineering principles with their students. It includes 70 exciting interactive lessons, clearly presented and organized into 10 units. The first few units deal with forces, equilibrium, tension and compression. Subsequent units examine columns and beams, cables, trusses and arches. The final unit features enjoyable activities with balloons, introducing students to the use of inflated membrane roofs in modern stadiums. These activities, augmented by material from "The Art of Construction", can be tailored to the needs of students of all ages. |
$25.00 |
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Projects and Principles for Beginning Engineers and Architects
by Mario Salvadori |
Students discover the basic principles necessary to build all types of structures used in everyday life including bridges, skyscrapers, and other architectural gems. Line art illustrations help to explain projects that demonstrate how these principles keep structures solid. Perfect for kids who wonder why, and love to figure things out! All projects are easily done with materials found around-the-house. |
$16.95 |
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Earthquakes and Volcanoes Explained by 32 Games and Experiments
by Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori |
We expect lots of things to move, but not the earth! To make the physical nature of earthquakes and volcanoes easier to understand, this book includes a series of games and experiments for young readers to try, using everyday materials and equipment - even a seismograph made from cereal boxes! Written by two experts in the fields of science and engineering and illustrated with clear, accurate drawings and diagrams, this book raises and answers questions about our planet’s natural wonders and the sometimes disastrous phenomena that keep it volatile and always of keen interest to it inhabitants, young and old. Perfect for science teachers looking for interactive lessons, or curious young explorers this book provides a hands on look at the natural forces of our planet.
Ages 9 and up |
$16.00 |
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by Matthys Levy & Richard Panchyk |
How does a city obtain water, gas and electricity? Where do these services come from? How are they transported? The answer is infrastructure - the inner, sometimes invisible workings of a city. Engineering the City tells the fascinating story of infrastructure as it developed through history along with the growth of cities. Experiments, projects and construction diagrams show how these structures are built, how they work, and how they affect the environment around them. Hands on activities show how bridges, canals, trains, sewers, plumbing, and other vital structures in a city’s infrastructure work, and what they do to their environment.
Ages 9 and up |
$15.00 |
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by Mario Salvadori |
An ideal resource for parents and teachers who want to challenge their students and at the same time reinforce basic skills, Math Games for Middle School reviews all the topics of teh middle-school mathematics curriculum, from addition and subtraction to plane and space geometry, graphing and probability. “Math Camps” at the end of each chapter provide fun ways to apply new skills, and intriguing background about the human side of mathematics.
Ages 11-14
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$16.95 |
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An Introduction to Elementary Mechanics
by Steven Chism, Gibson Kerr and Mario Salvadori |
Levers, pulleys, and all the rest of the ancient machines. |
$10.00 |
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The Strength of Architecture
by Mario Salvadori |
Between a nomad’s tent and the Sears Tower lies a revolution in technology, materials, and structures. Here is a clear and enthusiastic introduction to building methods from ancient times to the present day, including recent advances in science and technology that have had importan effects on the planning and construction of buildings: improved material, progress in antiseismic designs, and the revolutionary changes in both architectural and structural design made possible by the computer.
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$17.95 |
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How Structures Fail
by Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori |
Although modern technologies and new materials have greatly decreased the number of structural failures in today’s world, buildings still fall down - and whenever a building, a bridge, a tunnel, or a dam collapses, it is front-page news and often the beginning of a hunt for clues and culprits as fascinating as any detective story. Now two world renowned structural engineers take us on an enlightening guided tour through the history of architectural and structural disasters, from ancient times to present. Profusely illustrated this book looks at all types of buildings from Istanbul’s ancient Hagia Sophia to the state-of-the-art Hartford Civic center. Infamous building collapses such as the man-caused destruction of the Parthenon, the earthquake damage in Armenia and San Francisco, the Connecticut Thruway bridge collapse an Mianus, and the fall of the Hyatt Regency ballroom walkways in Kansas city are analyzed and investigated, with suggestions for future improvements. |
$14.95 |
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by Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori |
Written by two of the world’s premier structural engineers, Why the Earth Quakes takes readers through the beginning of the earth to recent seismic technology. With over 100 illustrations this book provides detailed, yet accessible descriptions of volcanoes and earthquakes, with information on engineering of disaster-proof buildings, social consequences and preparedness. Stories of the worst natural disasters of all time - Lisbon, San Francisco, Alaska, Vesuvius, Krakatau, Mount St. Helens - form the background for an exploration of the nature of earthquakes and volcanoes, the prediction of their behavior and what we can do to protect ourselves from their destructive force.
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$13.00 |
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Why the Earth Quakes and Earthquake Games
Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori |
Buy both books together and get a 15% discount. |
$24.65 |
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Why Buildings Stand Up and Why Buildings Fall Down
Mario Salvadori |
An excellent introduction to the work of Mario Salvadori — a history of engineering from the beginning and a primer on the reasons for structural disaster. |
$27.95 |
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The Art of Construction, Simple Machines, and Engineering the City
Mario Salvadori and others |
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$35.60 |
