Synopsis

What is the consequence when the meticulous calculations of builders and engineers falter, and their creations unexpectedly fall? This account explores several instances where such failures occurred: the collapse of the Schoharie Creek Bridge in New York in 1987; the partial devastation of the Riverwalk Marketplace in New Orleans by a freighter gone astray in 1996; the roof failure at the Rosemont Horizon Arena in Illinois in 1979; the catastrophic grain-dust explosion in Westwego, Louisiana, wh