Soil mechanics in engineering practice / Karl Terzaghi, Ralph B. Peck, Gholamreza
Mesri, 1995
Wikipedia, 2021-02-15
Information trouvée : Dr. Ralph Brazelton Peck (June 23, 1912 – February 18, 2008) was an eminent civil
engineer specializing in soil mechanics. He was awarded the National Medal of Science
in 1976; Peck was born in Winnipeg to O.C. and Ethel Peck, and moved to the United
States at age six. In 1934, he received his civil engineer degree from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute and was given a three-year fellowship for graduate work in structures.
He died on February 18, 2008