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

by Grady Hillhouse
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Publication:
San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, Inc., [2023]

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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]
Table of Contents:
  • Electrical grid
  • Communications
  • Roadways
  • Bridges and tunnels
  • Railways
  • Dams, levees, and coastal structures
  • Municipal water and wastewater
  • Construction.
Author/Creator:
Hillhouse, Grady , author
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Engineering in plain sight: an illustrated field guide to the constructed environment [by Hillhouse, G.]
Other Related Resources:
Online version: Engineering in plain sight [by Hillhouse, G.] (San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, [2022] — ISBN 9781718502338; LCCN 2022013815)
Subjects:
Civil engineering — Popular works
Infrastructure (Economics) — Popular works
Civil engineering
Infrastructure (Economics)
Genres:
Popular works
General Notes:
Includes index.
Physical Description:
xi, 251 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Physical Characteristics:
illustration
Call Numbers:
TA148 .H55 2023
ISBNs:
9781718502321 (hardcover)
171850232X (hardcover)
9781718502338 (electronic book) [Invalid]
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
2022013814
OCLC Numbers:
1322061121