文档介绍：Karl Terzaghi
Ihe Engineer a$ Artist
Richard £. Goodman
MSCE
PfUSS
1801 Alexander Bell Drive
Reston, Virginia 20191-4400
ABSTRACT: After five years of research—reading and translating 82 volumes of Terza-
ghi's diaries, interviewing acquaintances, and perusing 15,000 letters, numerous
essays, publications, and reports—Dr. Goodman has developed this biography of
Karl Terzaghi, the father of soil mechanics. Foreword by Ralph Peck.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Goodman, Richard E.
Karl Terzaghi: the engineer as artist / Richard E. Goodman,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7844-0364-3
1. Terzaghi, Karl, 1883-1963. 2. Civil engineers—biography. 3. Engineering
geology—History. I. Title.
1998
624'.092—dc21
[b] 98-31764
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