Books for Civil Engineers
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To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
by:
Henry Petroski
3.68 avg rating — 2,390 ratings 
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Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture
by:
Mario Salvadori
3.95 avg rating — 848 ratings 5. 
Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail
by:
Matthys Levy
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 819 ratings 6. 
The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall through the Floor
by:
J.E. Gordon
4.15 avg rating — 525 ratings 7. 
Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment
by:
Grady Hillhouse
4.22 avg rating — 706 ratings 8. 
Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America
by:
Henry Petroski
3.78 avg rating — 165 ratings 9. 
Man of Iron: Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain
by:
Julian Glover
3.67 avg rating — 122 ratings 
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Hans Albert Einstein: Life of a Pioneer in River Engineering
by:
Robert Ettema
4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings 
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On Cold Iron: A Story of Hubris and the 1907 Quebec Bridge Collapse
by:
Dan Levert
4.63 avg rating — 41 ratings 
21. 
Too Much Information: Living the Civil Engineering Life
by:
Brian R. Brenner
2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings 22. 
