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Understanding the World's Greatest Structures: Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity [The Great Courses]

Your world is filled with structures that have stood the test of time. That give character to the cities and landscapes in which they're located. That are visited by millions of people each year. And that capture our wonder for the marvels of engineering innovation and progress.

But while structures such as the Giza pyramids, Brunelleschi's dome, and the Brooklyn Bridge are visual spectacles in and of themselves, they are just as important for the way they were designed as for the way they look. These and other structural masterpieces were, first and foremost, novel creations born from the most progressive engineering concepts and tools of their day. They represent uniquely effective solutions to perplexing structural concerns. And they serve as landmark moments in the millennia-long history of engineering.

Now, experience the engineering genius that makes these works possible with Understanding the World's Greatest Structures: Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity—a marvelous learning experience that takes you around the world and reveals the stories behind the most famous bridges, churches, skyscrapers, towers, and other structures from thousands of years of history. Delivered by award-winning Professor Stephen Ressler of the United States Military Academy at West Point, a civil engineer and a nationally honored leader in engineering education, these 24 lectures take you on a fascinating and richly illustrated tour that deftly blends history and science to create an unforgettable survey of our world's most remarkable structural masterpieces, one informed by the fundamentals of structural engineering and their underlying scientific principles.

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Course Lecture Titles

1. Learning to See and Understand Structure

2. The Science of Structure—Forces in Balance

3. Internal Forces, Stress, and Strength

4. From Wood to Steel—Properties of Materials

5. Building Up—Columns and Buckling

6. Building Across—Beams and Bending

7. Trusses—The Power of the Triangle

8. Cables and Arches—The Power of the Parabola

9. Loads and Structural Systems

10. Egypt and Greece—Pyramids to the Parthenon

11. The Glory of Rome in Arches and Vaults

12. The Rise and Fall of the Gothic Cathedral

13. Three Great Domes—Rome to the Renaissance

14. How Iron and Science Transformed Arch Bridges

15. Suspension Bridges—The Battle of the Cable

16. Suspension Bridges—The Challenge of Wind

17. Great Cantilever Bridges—Tragedy and Triumph

18. The Rise of Iron- and Steel-Framed Buildings

19. The Great Skyscraper Race

20. The Beauty and Versatility of Modern Concrete

21. Amazing Thin Shells—Strength from Curvature

22. Vast Roof Systems of Iron and Steel

23. The Incredible Lightness of Tension Structures

24. Strategies for Understanding Any Structure

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the following link which belongs to 14th lesson is not working properly, could you please help me with?

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Lecture 8 : Cables and Arches

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09 Loads & Structural systems

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Does anybody have "Cathedral" series of these courses?

Can somebody upload this videos in uploaded.net?? Cutesmile

Please

Best Regards and Happy Nwe Year...

(12-28-2012, 11:46 PM)motamed Wrote: [ -> ]Does anybody have "Cathedral" series of these courses?

"Cathedral" series

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