The Art of Building in Its Many Forms: Karl-Eugen Kurrer, The History of the Theory of Structures: From Arch Analysis to Computational Mechanics

摘要

Five years ago, I reported in these pages on the first and very successful German edition of this book-a seminal work that explores new historiograph-ical possibilities in the history of technology. Everything I wrote then holds true for this inspired, expanded edition, and then some. I would refer the reader to that review, especially for a description of the book's multileveled structure and contents (Technology and Culture 45 [July 2004]: 664-66).