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Table of Contents:
Zum Geleit von Prof. Ekkehard Ramm Vorwort Vorwort zur ersten deutschen Auflage Aufgaben und Ziele der Historiographie der Baustatik Lernen aus der Geschichte: Elf Einfuhrungsvortrage in die Baustatik Die ersten technikwissenschaftlichen Grundlagendisziplinen: Baustatik und Technische Mechanik Vom Gewolbe zum Bogen Die Anfange der Baustatik Die Disziplinbildungsperiode der Baustatik Vom Eisenbau zum modernen Stahlbau Die Stabstatik erobert die dritte Dimension: Das Raumfachwerk Der Einfluss des Stahlbetonbaus auf die Baustatik Von der klassischen zur modernen Baustatik Zwolf wissenschaftliche Kontroversen in der Mechanik und Baustatik Perspektiven der Baustatik Kurzbiographien Bibliographie Personenregister Sachregister

About the Author :
Dr.-Ing. Karl-Eugen Kurrer ist seit 1996 Chefredakteur der Zeitschrift "Stahlbau" im Verlag Ernst & Sohn in Berlin. Seit 30 Jahren beschaftigt er sich mit der Geschichte der Baustatik aus wissenschafts- und technikhistorischer Perspektive. Der gro?e Erfolg seines Ende 2002 veroffentlichten Buches "Geschichte der Baustatik", der immer wieder geau?erte Wunsch nach einer englischsprachigen Ausgabe und die Leitung des Berliner VDI-Arbeitskreises Technikgeschichte regten ihn dazu an, dieses Buch zu verfassen.

Review :
"The history of statics is statics itself", claims Karl-Eugen Kurrer, paraphrasing Goethe. In "Geschichte der Baustatik", based on a long series of specialized articles and more than two decades of study, Kurrer spreads a host of personalities and their interests before us, weaving them together into a thematic whole. Thought is, of course, inextricably bound to personality and education, and Kurrer demonstrates how engineering thought, far from being abstractly objective, is imbued with the character of the thinkers, their teachers, and their pupils. Personal experience conditions the definition of theoretical problems and their solutions, and this renders theoreticians human and their thoughts part of an ongoing professional discourse. Prof. Dr. Tom F. Peters, Lehigh University, Betlehem/USA (Technology and Culture, Vol. 45, 2004) The book is about much more than the origins of statics and its use in building and bridge engineering since the late sixteenth century. It is also about the very ideas of "statics" and "strength of materials" and how they came to be an integral part of the engineer's life; how they were developed into an academic discipline and a rigorous technique in engineering education; How they became the subject of growing numbers of technical books and periodicals, both for the academicians and the practitioners; and last, but not least, how the epistemology of the subject developed. Nowhere is the point of this book better demonstrated than in its title and, for non-German readers, how it should be rendered into English, or French or Spanish. "Baustatik" is not statics, or building statics; it is not structural engineering or strength of materials or structural science or analysis or design or calculation. It is a part of all these, and more. It is what united and binds a whole community of professionals together (...). Kurrer's excellent work makes for an interesting comparison with Antoine Picon's book "L'invention de l'Ingenieur Moderne" which charts the history and contribution of the "Ecole des ponts et chausees" between 1747 and 1851. Bill Addis PhD, Buro Happold Consulting Engineers, London (Construction History, Vol. 18, 2002) Kurrer is the Chief Editor of the German journal "Stahlbau" (Steel Construction). His book is an important contribution to a subject on which little has been published so far. Prof. Dr. H. J. Cowan, University of Sydney (Architectural Science Review, Vol. 46, 2003) This "history of theory of structures" could only have been written by an expert, an engineer who knows the discipline inside out. This fully revised English edition, which explores international developments in greater depths, follows on from the highly successful German edition We should be very grateful to Dr. Kurrer, and also "his" publisher, Ernst & Sohn, for this treatise. PROF. EKKEHARD RAMM, UNIV. OF STUTTGART Erstmalig wird eine zusammenfassende Darstellung der Entwicklung von der klassischen Baustatik zur Strukturmechanik und "Computational Mechanics" im letzten Jahrhundert geboten. Summary: This book offers fascinating insights into the emerge of theory of structures and structural analysis itself on various levels. ... So on the whole a cohorent picture of the development of theory of structures emerges. Recommendation: definitely worth reading! HOLGER EGGEMANN, BRUHL Das vorliegende Werk ist weit mehr als ein Fachbuch zur Gesschichte einer technikwissenschaftlichen Disziplin. Es ist spannendste Ingenieurlekture in einer heute selten gewordenen, gepflegten Sprache. WILFRIED B. KRATZIG, BAUTECHNIK, HEFT 9/2008 ----------------------------- Das Buch ist ein wunderbares Werk, welches die Bedeutung der Geschichte im strukturellen Ingenieurbau unterstreicht. Es bildet ein Werk, das zum kurzen Nachlesen von statischen Verfahren und auch gleichzeitig zur Aneignung von Hintergrundwissen bezuglich der zugehorigen geschichtlichen Entwicklungen geeignet ist. ALFRED STRAUSS, BETON- UND STAHLBETONBAU, HEFT 1/2009 -------------------------------- Wer wollte von sich behaupten, ein wissenschaftliches Fach wirklich durchdrungen zu haben, ohne uber dessen Geschichte ausreichend Bescheid zu wissen? ...Dazu gibt das vorliegende Werk, bei dem es sich um eine Revision, Erweiterung und Aktualisierung des im Jahre 2002 in deutscher Sprache erschienenen Buches "Geschichte der Baustatik" vo. K.-E. Kurrer handelt, wertvolle Hilfestellung. ...Zu den vielen Vorzugen des Buches zahlen seine hervorragende Strukturierung, die ausgezeichneten Illustrationen, die reichhaltige Bibliographie und ganz besonders der relativ umfangreiche Abschnitt "Brief Biographies" mit einem angemessenen Anteil an Biographien osterreichischer Fachgelehrter. Dem Autor ist dafur zu danken, dass er mit dem vorliegenden Buch die internationale Fachwelt und daruber hinaus die weltweite Gemeinschaft der Bauingenieure und -ingenieurinnen an seinem umfassenden Wissen teilhaben lasst. Damit sei die Hoffnung verbunden, K.-E. Kurrers Opus Magnum moge zur weiteren Starkung des Selbstbewusstseins der Kollegenschaft in einem Fachgebiet mit stolzer Geschichte und hervorragenden Zukunftsperspektiven beitragen. Herbert Mang (aus OIAZ 4-9/2008)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9783433600177
  • Publisher: Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag fur Architektur und technische Wissenschaften
  • Publisher Imprint: Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag fur Architektur und technische Wissenschaften
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: From Arch Analysis to Computational Mechanics
  • ISBN-10: 3433600171
  • Publisher Date: 10 Nov 2009
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 848


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