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245 00 Understanding the world's greatest structures :|bscience 
       and innovation from antiquity to modernity /|cStephen 
       Ressler. 
264  1 Chantilly, Va :|bTeaching Co.,|c[2011] 
264  4 |c©2011 
300    4 videodiscs (12 hr.) :|bsound, color ;|c4 3/4 in. +|e1 
       course guidebook (vi, 204 pages ; 19 cm.). 
336    two-dimensional moving image|btdi|2rdacontent 
337    video|bv|2rdamedia 
338    videodisc|bvd|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Great courses 
500    Title from container. 
500    "Course No. 1153"--Container. 
500    24 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture. 
500    GMD: videorecording. 
505 0  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. 
505 0  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. 
505 0  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. 
505 0  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. 
511 0  Presenter, Stephen Ressler. 
538    DVD. 
650  0 Structural design. 
650  0 Structural engineering. 
655  7 Instructional films.|2lcgft 
655  7 Filmed lectures.|2lcgft 
700 1  Ressler, Stephen J. 
710 2  Teaching Company. 
830  0 Great courses (DVD) 
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