Motro (U. Montpelier, France and School of Architecture, Montpelier) works on lightweight structures for architecture. He describes tensegrity structures as systems in a stable self- equilibriated state comprising a discontinuous set of compressed components inside a continuum of tensioned components. For readers with some background in engineering, he explains their history, fundamental concepts, topologies, models, foldable tensegrities, and recent and future developments. Distributed in the U.S. by Stylus Publishing. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)