Title:
Engineering in plain sight : an illustrated field guide to the constructed environment / by Grady Hillhouse.
ISBN:
9781718502321
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, [2022]
Physical Description:
xi, 251 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
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.
OCLC Number:
on1375220231
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
