Particle of Clay: The Biography of Alec Skempton

Alec Ambraseys asked Beatrice beautiful became Binnie Binnie's Bishop Bjerrum Bob Gibson Boltons building built canals Casagrande Cassio Road Chingford Civil Engineers conference consulting Dick Chandler dinner early effective stress flat foundations Frank Frank Newby friends garden geology Géotechnique Gibson Glossop Golder Henkel holiday Imperial College Institution of Civil interest John Burland John Tunnard Joyce Julia Elton Karl Terzaghi Katherine later Laurits Little Boltons lived London clay Mangla Mangla Dam Mike Chrimes moved Mowlem's Nancy's never Newcomen Society Northampton Penman Peter Vaughan photograph Pippard published Ralph Peck Rankine lecture river Rolt shear strength Silas Glossop Skem and Nancy Skem found Skem remembers Skem wrote Skem's slip slopes soil mechanics Sonia South Kensington stability staff stayed structures summer Terzaghi tests took trips Tunnard University Ursula Watford wife writes Wynne-Edwards