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Princeton University
Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, Emeritus
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus
Lecturer with the rank of Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering

BSE, Princeton University, 1950
Fulbright Fellowship, Belgium, 1950-1952
Honorary degree, Union College (Humane letters), 1990
Honorary degree, Grinnell College (Science), 1991
Honorary degree, Notre Dame University (Engineering) 1997

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Average rating: 4.02 · 180 ratings · 13 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Tower and the Bridge: The New Art of Structural Engineering 4.02 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1985 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Innovators, College: The Engineering Pioneers Who Transformed America 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Power, Speed, and Form: Engineers and the Making of the Twentieth Century by David P. Billington, David P. Billington Jr. 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robert Maillart's Bridges: The Art of Engineering 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1979 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thin Shell Concrete Structures 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1965	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robert Maillart: Builder, Designer, and Artist 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Robert Maillart and the Art of Reinforced Concrete 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy by David P. Billington (Editor), Jameson W. Doig (Contribution by) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Dams of the New Deal Era: A Confluence of Engineering and Politics by David P. Billington, Donald C. Jackson 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of Large Federal Dams: Planning, Design, and Construction by David P. Billington, Martin V. Melosi, Donald C. Jackson it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Engineering or Technology is the making of things that did not previously exist, whereas science is the discovering of things that have long existed.”
― David P. Billington

tags: engineering, science

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