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Engineering in plain sight : an illustrated field guide to the constructed environment / by Grady Hillhouse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hillhouse, Grady, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil engineering--Popular works.
- Civil engineering.
- Infrastructure (Economics)--Popular works.
- Infrastructure (Economics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, [2022]
- 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
- Contents:
- Electrical grid
- Communications
- Roadways
- Bridges and tunnels
- Railways
- Dams, levees, and coastal structures
- Municipal water and wastewater
- Construction.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781098156626
- 1098156625
- OCLC:
- 1319835865
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