Book ID: CBB224223538

Skeletons: Technical Autobiography Written for Instruction and Entertainment (2022)

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Heyman, Jacques (Author)
Becchi, Antonio (Editor)
Foce, Federico (Editor)


Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura


Publication Date: 2022
Physical Details: 152 pp.
Language: English

As a key figure of the new generation of engineers who had been educated during the difficulties and hopes of the aftermath of WWII, Jacques Heyman represents the engineer-humanist at its best, inspired on a daily basis by the arts and, in particular, by music. His mathematical talent found a congenial and favourable environment in the lecture rooms of the University of Cambridge under the guidance of John Baker (1901-1985) and, later on, at the Brown University where he moved in 1949 to continue his studies under the supervision of William Prager (1903-1980). From these two so different yet complementary mentors, Jacques Heyman learnt the art of analysis and synthesis, the taste for the mathematical rigour always supported by the physical intuition, the capacity to master building site problems and mathematical formulae which need to be transformed into operative tools and innovative solutions among piles of stones and stacks of beams. From the first experiments on simple steel frames to structural analysis of imposing cathedrals, Jacques Heyman showed in theory and practice the cultural relevance of the art and science of construction, studying its history with rare sensitivity and personally writing a new chapter of it. His autobiography allows us, for the first time, a look behind the scenes of an extraordinary life, lived with the elegance and wisdom of the great Master he never wanted to be. Jacques Heyman has been presented with the Sir Frank Whittle Medal of the Royal Academy of Engineering (London) on 20th September 2022 “in recognition of his outstanding career in structural design.”

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Authors & Contributors
Schulmann, Robert
Anderson, Philip W.
Beranek, Leo L.
Brown, Allison
Buchwald, Diana Kormos
Calaprice, Alice
Journals
Association for Preservation Technology International Bulletin
Science in Context
Publishers
Princeton University Press
Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta Dei XL
ANU E Press
Center of Military History, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army
Elsevier
Firenze University Press
Concepts
Autobiographies
Biographies
Engineering
Physics
Science and politics
Technology
People
Einstein, Albert
Fenner, Charles
Fenner, Frank
Jung, Carl Gustav
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H.
Snow, Charles Percy
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
21st century
Places
Italy
Tuscany (Italy)
Australia
Germany
Hungary
United States
Institutions
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Australian National University
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
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