A professional reference designed to assist surveyors; engineers; architects and contractors in diagnosing existing problems and avoiding them in new buildings. Fully revised and updated; this edition; in new clearer format; covers developments in building defects; and problems such as sick building syndrome. Well liked for its mixture of theory and practice the new edition will complement Hinks and Cooks student textbook on defects at the practitioner level.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Helps you understand our own time; tooBy OdysseusThe author argues in case ofter case how Greek myth was used to justify a certain political situation; so as to gain acceptance for otherwise immoral situations of dominance; to take one example. This is a very different way of approaching myths than; e.g.; geomythology; or psychoanalysis. There is no single origin for all myths; but understanding different mechanisms for how they originate and are manipulated and promoted; can be a tremendous help in understanding both ancient and modern myths. Warning: The book may make you understand that some things that you thought of as fact in reality are modern myths; and that these same principles are active today. He does not discuss these issues; but once your senses are on the alert; you may look at the daily flow of information in a new way. I know I did.3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. good social and political understandingBy TammyJo EckhartDowden provides the reader with a good social and political basis and evaluation of mythology in the ancient world; focusing on the ancients themselves instead of falling into the trap of modern theory and belief. If one is working on anything involving classical myth; I highly recommend reading this book at some point. Youll disagree at times; but it will make you think.