Engineering in plain sight : an illustrated field guide to the constructed environment / by Grady Hillhouse.

By:

Hillhouse, Grady [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: San Francisco : No Starch Press, c2023Description: xi, 251 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781718502321 [hardbound]

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Engineering in plain sightDDC classification:

REF 624 H55 2023 23/eng/20220523

LOC classification:

TA148 .H55 2023

Contents:

Electrical grid -- Communications -- Roadways -- Bridges and tunnels -- Railways -- Dams, levees, and coastal structures -- Municipal water and wastewater -- Construction.

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.

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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"-- Provided by publisher.

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