Books for Civil Engineers (24 books)

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Books about civil engineering or similar topics, such as buildings, bridges, infrastructure, materials, and the engineers themselves.

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1	Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down by J.E. Gordon 4.13 avg rating — 3,807 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1	Steel and Grit: A History of the Lower Hudson Valley and the Bear Mountain Bridge (New York State Series) by Barbara Hansen Cali 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski 3.69 avg rating — 2,564 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures by Roma Agrawal 4.12 avg rating — 1,412 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture by Mario Salvadori 3.95 avg rating — 882 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail by Matthys Levy 3.99 avg rating — 843 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall through the Floor by J.E. Gordon 4.13 avg rating — 569 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment by Grady Hillhouse (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 911 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America by Henry Petroski 3.78 avg rating — 169 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Man of Iron: Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain by Julian Glover 3.63 avg rating — 135 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	An Engineer Imagines by Peter Rice 4.42 avg rating — 105 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Tower and the Bridge: The New Art of Structural Engineering by David P. Billington 4.04 avg rating — 153 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Life of Thomas Telford by Samuel Smiles 3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Particle of Clay: The Biography of Alec Skempton by Judith Niechcial 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Hans Albert Einstein: Life of a Pioneer in River Engineering by Robert Ettema 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Benjamin Wright: Father of American Civil Engineering by Steven M Pennington 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Karl Terzaghi: The Engineer As Artist by Richard E. Goodman 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	On Cold Iron: A Story of Hubris and the 1907 Quebec Bridge Collapse by Dan Levert (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Engineering Architecture: The Vision of Fazlur R. Khan by Yasmin Sabina Khan 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Robert Maillart's Bridges by David P. Billington 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Le verre structurel (Architecture thématique) by Peter Rice 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Too Much Information: Living the Civil Engineering Life by Brian R. Brenner 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Don't Throw This Away! The Civil Engineering Life by Brian Brenner 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Bridginess: More of the Civil Engineering Life by Brian Brenner 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars