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Engineering in plain sight : an illustrated field guide to the constructed environment

Author:Grady Hillhouse (Author)

Summary:"This illustrated book extends the field guide genre from natural phenomena to human-made structures, making their design and construction approachable and understandable to non-engineers. Readers will learn to identify characteristics of the electrical grid, roadways, railways, bridges, tunnels, waterways, and more"-- Provided by publisher

Print Book, English, 2023

Edition:View all formats and editions

Publisher:No Starch Press, Inc., San Francisco, CA, 2023

Genre:Popular works

Physical Description:xi, 251 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

ISBN:

9781718502321, 171850232X

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1322061121

Subjects:

Civil engineering

Civil engineering Popular works

Infrastructure (Economics)

Infrastructure (Economics) Popular works

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General)

Additional Physical Form Entry:

Online version:

Engineering in plain sight.

Hillhouse, Grady.

Contents:

Electrical grid

Communications

Roadways

Bridges and tunnels

Railways

Dams, levees, and coastal structures

Municipal water and wastewater

Construction