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Author Hillhouse, Grady, author.

Title Engineering in plain sight : an illustrated field guide to the constructed environment / by Grady Hillhouse
Published San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, [2022]
©2022

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Description 1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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
Notes Includes index
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 29, 2022)
Subject Civil engineering -- Popular works
Infrastructure (Economics) -- Popular works
Civil engineering
Infrastructure (Economics)
Genre/Form Electronic books
Popular works
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2022013815
ISBN 9781718502338
1718502338