Concrete Planet
Book description
Concrete: We use it for our buildings, bridges, dams, and roads. We walk on it, drive on it, and many of us live and work within its walls. But very few of us know what it is. We take for granted this ubiquitous substance, which both literally and figuratively comprises…
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Concrete is the second most-consumed substance in the world after water.
But modern concrete has an endurance problem: today's steel-reinforced material suffers from "concrete cancer," which will cause widespread degradation. By comparison, non-steel-reinforced Roman concrete structures, such as the Ponte Sant'Angelo or the Pantheon, will long outlast our modern bridges, highways, and towers.
Robert Courland's book is full of such eye-opening insights that will forever change how readers think about this omnipresent material.
From Blaine's list on the world of materials.
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