Matthys Levy: 4 books

From the co-author of Why Buildings Fall Down and Why the Earth Quakes (Norton) comes another fascinating look at practical science. This time it's the science of weather. Like Levy's other books, this is a page-turner. He recounts fascinating true stories of exploration, each affected by weather and...

Un fascinante relato de los desastres arquitectónicos e ingenieriles a lo largo de la historia. Empezando por las pirámides de Egipto, pasando por la basílica de Santa Sofía o el Campanile de san Marcos en Venecia, hasta el Empire State Building o las Torres Gemelas, los autores nos llevan a un...

How does a city obtain water, gas, and electricity? Where do these services come from? How are they transported? The answer is infrastructure, or the inner, and sometimes invisible, workings of the city. Roads, railroads, bridges, telephone wires, and power lines are visible elements of the infrastructure;...

With fascinating experiments, models, and demonstrations, this scientific survey provides a vivid exploration of natural phenomena. Ideal for budding earth scientists, this in-depth resource demonstrates how to build a seismograph to record a simulated earthquake, compare pressure waves and shear...