If civil engineering were a game, Karl Terzaghi had a right to lay down the rules--he had invented and established much of the groundwork. Terzhaghi (1883-1963) is one of the leading civil engineers of the 20th century and is widely known as the father of soil mechanics. His lifelong application of the principles established in his work took him throughout the world to engineering challenges in Communist Russia, Nazi Germany, America, and the entire post-war world.
Terzaghi's fame as a master engineer is well known but the story of his...
Foreword by Ralph Peck
If civil engineering were a game, Karl Terzaghi had a right to lay down the rules--he had invented and estab...
