The Resource Understanding the world's greatest structures : science and innovation from antiquity to modernity, Disc 1-4, Stephen Ressler
Understanding the world's greatest structures : science and innovation from antiquity to modernity, Disc 1-4, Stephen Ressler
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- Summary
- "Understanding the World's Greatest Structures: Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity -- a marvelous learning experience that takes you around the world and reveals the stories behind the most famous bridges, churches, skyscrapers, towers, and other structures from thousands of years of history. These 24 lectures take you on a fascinating and richly illustrated tour that deftly blends history and science to create an unforgettable survey of our world's most remarkable structural masterpieces, one informed by the fundamentals of structural engineering and their underlying scientific principles."--Publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.)
- Note
-
- Title from container
- "Course No. 1153"--Container
- 24 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture
- Contents
-
- Disc 1. Learning to see and understand structure -- The science of structure: forces in balance -- Internal forces, stress, and strength -- From wood to steel: properties of materials -- Building up: columns and buckling -- Building across: beams and bending
- Disc 2. Trusses: the power of the triangle -- Cables and arches: the power of the parabola -- Loads and structural systems -- Egypt and Greece: pyramids to the Parthenon -- The glory of Rome in arches and vaults -- The rise and fall of the Gothic cathedral
- Disc 3. Three great domes: Rome to the Renaissance -- How iron and science transformed arch bridges -- Suspension bridges: the battle of the cable -- Suspension bridges: the challenge of wind -- Great cantilever bridges: tragedy and triumph -- The rise of iron- and steel-framed buildings
- Disc 4. The great skyscraper race -- The beauty and versatility of modern concrete -- Amazing thin shells: strength from curvature -- Vast roof systems of iron and steel -- The incredible lightness of tension structures -- Strategies for understanding any structure
- Isbn
- 9781598037258
- Label
- Understanding the world's greatest structures : science and innovation from antiquity to modernity, Disc 1-4
- Title
- Understanding the world's greatest structures
- Title remainder
- science and innovation from antiquity to modernity
- Title number
- Disc 1-4
- Statement of responsibility
- Stephen Ressler
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Understanding the World's Greatest Structures: Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity -- a marvelous learning experience that takes you around the world and reveals the stories behind the most famous bridges, churches, skyscrapers, towers, and other structures from thousands of years of history. These 24 lectures take you on a fascinating and richly illustrated tour that deftly blends history and science to create an unforgettable survey of our world's most remarkable structural masterpieces, one informed by the fundamentals of structural engineering and their underlying scientific principles."--Publisher
- Cataloging source
- DAD
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Dewey number
- 624.177/1
- PerformerNote
- Presenter, Stephen Ressler
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Ressler, Stephen J.
- Teaching Company
- Runtime
- 720
- Series statement
- Great courses: Science & mathematics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Structural design
- Structural engineering
- Target audience
- general
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Understanding the world's greatest structures : science and innovation from antiquity to modernity, Disc 1-4, Stephen Ressler
- Note
-
- Title from container
- "Course No. 1153"--Container
- 24 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture
- Accompanying material
- 1 course guidebook (vi, 204 pages ; 19 cm.)
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Disc 1. Learning to see and understand structure -- The science of structure: forces in balance -- Internal forces, stress, and strength -- From wood to steel: properties of materials -- Building up: columns and buckling -- Building across: beams and bending
- Disc 2. Trusses: the power of the triangle -- Cables and arches: the power of the parabola -- Loads and structural systems -- Egypt and Greece: pyramids to the Parthenon -- The glory of Rome in arches and vaults -- The rise and fall of the Gothic cathedral
- Disc 3. Three great domes: Rome to the Renaissance -- How iron and science transformed arch bridges -- Suspension bridges: the battle of the cable -- Suspension bridges: the challenge of wind -- Great cantilever bridges: tragedy and triumph -- The rise of iron- and steel-framed buildings
- Disc 4. The great skyscraper race -- The beauty and versatility of modern concrete -- Amazing thin shells: strength from curvature -- Vast roof systems of iron and steel -- The incredible lightness of tension structures -- Strategies for understanding any structure
- Control code
- 1361934
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. +
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781598037258
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- ID1153A-01
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1361934
- (OCoLC)712202550
- System details
- DVD, NTSC
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Understanding the world's greatest structures : science and innovation from antiquity to modernity, Disc 1-4, Stephen Ressler
- Note
-
- Title from container
- "Course No. 1153"--Container
- 24 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture
- Accompanying material
- 1 course guidebook (vi, 204 pages ; 19 cm.)
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Disc 1. Learning to see and understand structure -- The science of structure: forces in balance -- Internal forces, stress, and strength -- From wood to steel: properties of materials -- Building up: columns and buckling -- Building across: beams and bending
- Disc 2. Trusses: the power of the triangle -- Cables and arches: the power of the parabola -- Loads and structural systems -- Egypt and Greece: pyramids to the Parthenon -- The glory of Rome in arches and vaults -- The rise and fall of the Gothic cathedral
- Disc 3. Three great domes: Rome to the Renaissance -- How iron and science transformed arch bridges -- Suspension bridges: the battle of the cable -- Suspension bridges: the challenge of wind -- Great cantilever bridges: tragedy and triumph -- The rise of iron- and steel-framed buildings
- Disc 4. The great skyscraper race -- The beauty and versatility of modern concrete -- Amazing thin shells: strength from curvature -- Vast roof systems of iron and steel -- The incredible lightness of tension structures -- Strategies for understanding any structure
- Control code
- 1361934
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. +
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781598037258
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- ID1153A-01
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1361934
- (OCoLC)712202550
- System details
- DVD, NTSC
- Video recording format
- DVD
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