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Civil engineering : a very short introduction / David Muir Wood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Muir Wood, David, 1949- author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions.
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 143 pages.) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- : , 2022
- Summary:
- David Muir Wood demonstrates the nature and importance of civil engineering not only in the history of civilization and urbanization, but its range of facets today and its challenges for the future.
- Contents:
- 1. Materials of civil engineering
- 2. Water and waste
- 3. 'Directing the great sources of power in nature'
- 4. Concept, technology, realization
- 5. Robustness
- 6. Civil engineering: looking forward.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780191777721
- OCLC:
- 958566909
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