Engineering in plain sight : an illustrated field guide to the constructed environment /
Hillhouse, Grady,
Engineering in plain sight : an illustrated field guide to the constructed environment / by Grady Hillhouse. - xi, 251 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Includes index.
Electrical grid -- Communications -- Roadways -- Bridges and tunnels -- Railways -- Dams, levees, and coastal structures -- Municipal water and wastewater -- Construction.
"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"--
9781718502321 [hardbound]
2022013814
Civil engineering--Popular works.
Infrastructure (Economics)--Popular works.
TA148 / .H55 2023
REF 624 H55 2023
Engineering in plain sight : an illustrated field guide to the constructed environment / by Grady Hillhouse. - xi, 251 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Includes index.
Electrical grid -- Communications -- Roadways -- Bridges and tunnels -- Railways -- Dams, levees, and coastal structures -- Municipal water and wastewater -- Construction.
"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"--
9781718502321 [hardbound]
2022013814
Civil engineering--Popular works.
Infrastructure (Economics)--Popular works.
TA148 / .H55 2023
REF 624 H55 2023