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

By:

Hillhouse, Grady

Publisher: San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, [2023]Description: xi, 251 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

171850232X
9781718502321

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Illustrated works.

LOC classification:

TA148 .H44 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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Book	NMC Library	Stacks	TA148 .H44 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001510550

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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.