Bridge Watching

Wherever we go we seem to meet bridges. Mostly we tend to use them almost without noticing them, except when we see a particularly striking example like the suspension bridge over the river Tamar in Devon. Yet there is much that is worth seeing in even the humblest specimen if we know where to look and, perhaps, how to look. So the aim of this book is to help you to enjoy looking at bridges, by explaining in simple language some features of their design and construction. Although the technical aspects will be treated gently, and the mathematical content will be such as not to frighten the non-mathematician, maybe the serious student, too, will find something of interest here.

Keywords: Bridge