J. E. Gordon

Structures

Or Why Things Don't Fall Down

In a book that Business Insider noted as one of the "14 Books that inspired Elon Musk," J.E. Gordon strips engineering of its confusing technical term...

Structures

For anyone who has ever wondered why suspension bridges don't collapse under eight lanes of traffic, how dams hold back—or give way under—thousand...

The New Science of Strong Materials

Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor

This new edition of the book on the properties of materials used in engineering answers some fundamental questions about how the material world around...

Structures or Why things don’t fall down

I am very much aware that it is an act of extreme rashness to attempt to write an elementary book about structures. Indeed it is only when the subject...

A Phantom from the East

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in...

Once Upon a Weekend in a Fantasy World

The King of New Ausrun is deeply unpopular. His tyrannical new changes and decrees tighten his grip and further his complete and ceaseless authority o...

Théophile Gautier

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Bernardin de St. Pierre

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was ...

Hazards of Colour Coding in Visual Approach Slope Indicators

Visual approach slope indicators (VASIs) provide visual guidance to the nominal glideslope for aircraft on approach to landing. Prior to 1981, two VAS...

Analogue and Digital Time Displays for Military Wristwatches

The RAAF currently uses wristwatches with analogue (conventional clockface) displays. In response to a RAAF request, the arguments for and against usi...