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Petroski, H. 1994. Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering.
Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. This study of failures is as good a place as
any to begin understanding the secret of good structural engineering design.
Plate, E. J. 1982. Engineering Meteorology. Amsterdam: Elsevier. No structure can be
designed without an understanding of weather and this book provides a useful background
on this aspect of engineering.
Podolny, W. and J. B. Scalzi. 1986. Construction and Design of Cable Stayed Bridges, 2nd
ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons. There are a growing number of texts on cable-stayed
bridges, but this remains the best for its historical insight, ...