Saving Michelangelo's dome : how three mathematicians and a pope sparked an architectural revolution /
In Saving Michelangelo's Dome, Stanford-trained engineer Wayne Kalayjian illustrates how new ideas in science and mathematics established an entirely new way of looking at the world, as well as solving its complex problems. In the end, readers will appreciate that in saving Michelangelo's...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pegasus Books,
[2024].
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| Summary: | In Saving Michelangelo's Dome, Stanford-trained engineer Wayne Kalayjian illustrates how new ideas in science and mathematics established an entirely new way of looking at the world, as well as solving its complex problems. In the end, readers will appreciate that in saving Michelangelo's Dome from collapse, these three mathematicians and one determined pope unknowingly invented the profession of engineering as we practice it today. With it, they transformed the architectural world and ushered in generations of future buildings and structures that, otherwise, would never have been built. |
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| Physical Description: | 278 pages, [16] pages of color plates : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781639365869 1639365869 |