Table of contents

Foreword by Prof. Ekkehard Ramm

Preface

Preface to the first, German edition

The tasks and aims of a historical study of theory of structures

Learning from the history of structural analysis: 11 introductory essays

The first fundamental engineering science disciplines: theory of structures and applied mechanics

From masonry arch to elastic arch

The beginnings of a theory of structures

The discipline-formation period of theory of structures

From construction with iron to modern structural steelwork

Member analysis conquers the third dimension: the spatial framework

Reinforced concrete's influence on theory of structures

From classical to modern theory of structures

Twelve scientific controversies in mechanics and theory of structures

Perspectives for theory of structures

Brief biographies

Bibliography

Name index

Subject index