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Product details
| Published | 08 Feb 2018 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 320 |
| ISBN | 9781408870365 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Illustrations | b&w illustrations throughout |
| Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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[Agrawal] weaves accessible explanations of scientific principles together with engaging historical stories and personal anecdotes…[a] timely and impassioned book
Guardian
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Agrawal has a gift for rendering complex phenomena in simple terms...a real treat
Financial Times
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Agrawal is a rarity: a female structural engineer in an adamantly male profession … She will inspire young women who are considering a career in engineering … [S]he shines when explaining the sorts of things people might be too shy to admit they find inherently fascinating
New York Times Book Review
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Agrawal has just launched her first book, Built, the latest salvo in her crusade to get us to see the world “through different eyes, the eyes of an engineer”
i newspaper
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A fascinating celebration of the impact that structural engineering has on all our lives…[an] eye-opening book
The Sunday Times
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Roma makes the complex principles of structural engineering accessible to everyone with clear explanations and engaging illustrations. It has made me suddenly look at every building I pass in a new way
Ellen Stofan, former Chief Scientist at NASA























