Gordon began his career as a naval architect before designing aircraft during the Second World War and later becoming Professor of Materials Science at Reading University. How do our tendons work? What do Chinese boats have in common with the wings of a bat? Why did the ancients take the wheels off their chariots at night? How did a Parisian couturier's designs contribute to space travel and military technology? The answers are all here in this engrossing narrative. Gordon, 'is a structure of one kind or another.' Structures: or Why Things Don't Fall Down reveals the unseen forces that hold up buildings, bridges and aeroplanes but also animals, plants and human beings.
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