Wind Wizard : : Alan G. Davenport and the Art of Wind Engineering / / Siobhan Roberts.
With Wind Wizard, Siobhan Roberts brings us the story of Alan Davenport (1932-2009), the father of modern wind engineering, who investigated how wind navigates the obstacle course of the earth's natural and built environments--and how, when not properly heeded, wind causes buildings and bridges...
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