Built to Fail: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster Why Engineers Shouldn't Design for Wind by Guessing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798231330553)

They called it "Galloping Gertie." Four months later, it was gone.

On November 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge twisted itself to death in a moderate wind-and changed engineering forever.

This wasn't an act of God. It was an act of arrogance.

Built to Fail reveals how a "prettier" design, ignored warnings, and mathematical shortcuts created one of history's most spectacular engineering disasters. Engineer and author Rick Stupart dissects the deadly combination of aesthetic ambition and scientific negligence that turned a revolutionary suspension bridge into a cautionary tale.

Inside, discover:

• Why engineers dismissed wind as "just air"
• The critical calculations they skipped
• How eyewitness testimony exposed design hubris
• Lessons that reshaped modern bridge engineering

This isn't just history-it's a warning. When engineers guess instead of calculate, gravity always wins.

For readers fascinated by engineering failures, structural disasters, and the thin line between innovation and catastrophe.