Book reviews: Steel Construction – Design and Research 1/2008

Nixdorf, S. : StadiumATLAS. Technical Recommendations for Grandstands in Modern Stadiums. Berlin: Ernst & Sohn 2008. 368 pages, 695 figures. Hardcover, 30 × 21.5 cm. ISBN 978‐3‐433‐01851‐4. € 149.00. Farkas, J., Jármai, K. : Design and optimization of metal structures. Chichester: Horwood Publishing 2008. 300 pp., 17 × 24 cm, hardcover. ISBN 978‐1‐904275‐29‐9. £ 36.00. Eiffel, G. : La tour de trois cents mètres. Text by Bertrand Lemoine . Hong Kong/Cologne/London/Los Angeles/Madrid/Paris/Tokyo: Taschen Verlag, October 2006. Large format, 53 × 37.5 cm, many colour & b/w illustrations, 160 pp., hardback, slip‐case. Texts in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese. ISBN‐13: 978‐3‐8228‐4148‐8, ISBN‐10: 3‐8228‐4148‐X. € 99.99. Kurrer, K.‐E. : The History of the Theory of Structures. From Arch Analysis to Computational Mechanics. Berlin, 2008: Ernst & Sohn. 848 pages, 667 figures. Hardcover, 17 × 24 cm. ISBN 978‐3‐433‐01838‐5 US$ 155.00 / € 119.00 / £ 80.00.