EPISODE · Oct 26, 2018 · 1H

#497 Built

from Science for the People · host Rachelle Saunders, Bethany Brookshire, and Carolyn Wilke

This week we're talking about towers, bridges, sinking cathedrals, and other feats of structural engineering. How do we build skyscrapers? How do engineers plan for disaster? What have we learned from structures that have failed about how to build things better? We speak with structural engineer Roma Agrawal about her book "Built: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures" and what the constructed world we live in looks like through an engineer's eyes.

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