Bibliography
Dupre, Judith, Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, New York, 1997An excellent book of panoramic images of bridges.
Gordon, J.E., Structures: or Why Things Don"t Fall Down, London: Plenum Press, 1978
An indispensable book for the layman explaining structures, their forces, and history includes a chapter on bridges alone. The application of forces and elasticity to living systems in addition to man-made structures is memorable.
Graf, Bernhard, Bridges that Changed the World, Munich: Prestel, 1999
A resource of images with explanations on their significance in the
history of bridge building.
Johmann, Carol A. and Rieth, Elizabeth, Bridges! Amazing Structures to Design, Build and Test, Williamson Books, Nashville, TN, 1999
A helpful resource book of activities and concepts involved in bridges,
for the teacher or student in grades 1-8
Pollalis, Spiro, What Is A Bridge?: The Making of Calatrava"s Bridge in Seville, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1999
A well illustrated book documenting the construction of a bridge.
Schodek, Daniel L., Structures, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1998
Contains essential basics on structures including tables on materials
strengths, graphs, and structural analysis.
Tzonis, Alexander, Santiago Calatrava: The Poetics of Movement, Universe Publishing, New York, 2007
Images of Calatrava"s work, with Alexander Tzonis commentary on his premise on why Calatrava"s work can be defined in terms of "poetics of movement". Images are harder to read however than the larger images found in Santiago Calatrava: The Complete Works.
Tzonis, Alexander, Santiago Calatrava: The Complete Works, New York: Rizzoli, 2007
An inspiring and excellent starting place in reading about bridges, includes many large images of Calatrava"s dramatic designs and structural inventions.
Whitney, Charles S., Bridges of the World, Their Design and Construction, Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, 2003
A chronologically arranged book detailing design, history, and construction of bridges includes many black and white images.
Zaunders, Bo, The Great Bridge-Building Contest, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2004
A children"s story about a bridge- building contest and its unlikely winner.
Historically accurate, it is useful in demonstrating the strength in bridge models.
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