By the same author I can recommend The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor. (The section on wooden planes is particularly i

By the same author I can recommend The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor. (The section on wooden planes is particularly interesting.) http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Science-Strong-Materials-Through/dp/0140135979/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257098390&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Science-Strong-Materials-Through...