ROAR Book: To Engineer Is Human

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5.Comments:

• "The Structural Engineer" (the official journal of the British Institution of Structural Engineer) is something that I would read.
• I thought that engineering is science but I was somewhat wrong; some engineers deny that that engineering is science.
• I don't think that I would read Galileo's "Dialogues Concerning Two Sciences".
• I did not know that pyramids and cathedrals are somewhat related to engineering.
• There have been many attempts at building pyramids and cathedrals.

4.Questions:

• When did the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse?
• Did the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bride cause any deaths or injuries?
• What is the oldest pyramid in Egypt? What is the oldest pyramid in Rome?
• Is Galileo still alive? If so, how old is he?

3.Vocabulary:

• Abhorred: to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate
• Culminated: to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development
• Aesthetic: pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality

2.Literary Terms:

• Direct Characterization: "Engineers today, like Galileo three and a half centuries ago, are not superhuman." (page 52)
• Direct Characterization: "Egyptian pyramid builders are not unique in their encounters..." (page 55)

1.Overview Sentence:

• Describes Galileo and his work; describes Egyptian's pyramids and Rome's cathedral.