Built: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures

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From luxury skincare to must-have make-up collections - get Christmas all wrapped up with dream gifts they'll loveHer sense that engineering is undervalued has motivated her to proselytise for it, giving talks in schools, going on TV and now writing a book, Built, which seeks to share her enthusiasm with the general reader. She says: “I’m trying to engage people who don’t even know they’re interested in buildings” – which, as we all live in and around them, should be all of us. So the book explains as simply as possible the basics of columns, beams and arches, before moving on to more complex stories, such as the ingenious way in which engineers dealt with Mexico City’s vast stone cathedral sinking into the soggy ground underneath it.

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Emma Stone stars with DOLL in surreal Athens photo-shoot by The Favourite director... and quips that she wishes all her films were SILENT Hugh Grant, 63, and his wife AnnaElisabet Eberstein, 40, attend the Wonka premiere ahead of his controversial role as an Oompa Loompa Imagine you woke up one morning to find everything created by engineers had disappeared. What would you see? Dua Lipa sets pulses racing in daring lace bodysuit and faux fur coat as she enjoys evening out in New York CityJessie J flaunts her toned post-baby body in grey underwear as she shares a glimpse at family trip with boyfriend Chanan Safir Colman and son Sky TEDx Talks (17 December 2015), Three moments that changed the world | Roma Agrawal | TEDxRoyalHolloway , retrieved 29 September 2017 Agrawal’s other job in this book is to be an evangelist for her trade. She feels strongly that more women and more people of colour should consider it as a career. Love Island's Gemma Owen SPLITS from boxer Prince Naseem Hamed's son Aadam as star confirms she's single again: 'I'm not in a relationship' Inside this wonderfully engaging book is a profound message: that so much of technology comes from ingenious reiterations of just a few innovations in engineering... Roma Agrawal brings these inventions vividly to life.' - Philip Ball