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Thomas Bouch: The Builder of the Tay Bridge
1.  Thomas Bouch: The Builder of the Tay Bridge by John Rapley
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  "fascinating bio of Thomas Bouch, builder of the first Tay bridge (which fell down)"
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Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay: Reinvestigating the Tay Bridge Disaster of 1879 (Revealing History)
2.  Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay: Reinvestigating the Tay Bridge Disaster of 1879 (Revealing History) by Peter R Lewis
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  "How the frst Tay bridge really fell down!"
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Disaster on the Dee: Robert Stephenson's Nemesis of 1847
3.  Disaster on the Dee: Robert Stephenson's Nemesis of 1847 by Peter R Lewis
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  "One of the first disasters on the early railways: gripping"
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To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
4.  To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski
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  "Great classic of what makes products fail, and how engineers learn from their disasters"
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Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down (Penguin Science)
5.  Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down (Penguin Science) by J E Gordon
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  "Another great classic in structural engineering"
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Why Buildings Fall Down
6.  Why Buildings Fall Down by Matthys Levy
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  "An american view of structural failure"
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Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design
7.  Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design by Henry Petroski
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  "another lassic on design from Petroski"
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The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor (Penguin Science)
8.  The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor (Penguin Science) by J E Gordon
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  "Interesting vew of falure froma materials viewpoint"
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Eiffel: The Man Who Rebuilt Babel
9.  Eiffel: The Man Who Rebuilt Babel by David I. Harvie
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  "Biography of a great engineer"
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Forensic Materials Engineering: Case Studies
10.  Forensic Materials Engineering: Case Studies by Peter Rhys Lewis
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  "Case studes from practising engineers"
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