Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment

Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment

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  • Type:Epub+TxT+PDF+Mobi
  • Create Date:2022-11-02 02:16:45
  • Update Date:2025-09-25
  • Status:finish
  • Author:Grady Hillhouse
  • ISBN:171850232X
  • Environment:PC/Android/iPhone/iPad/Kindle

Summary

Engineering in Plain Sight is a beautifully illustrated field guide to the infrastructure around us。

Engineering in Plain Sight extends the field guide genre from natural phenomena to human-made structures, making them approachable and understandable to non-engineers。 It transforms readers' perspectives of the built environment, converting the act of looking at infrastructure from a mundane inevitability into an everyday diversion and joy。

Each section of this accessible, informative book features colorful illustrations revealing the fascinating details of how the human-made world works。 An ideal road trip companion, this book offers a fresh perspective on the parts of the environment that often blend into the background。 Readers will learn to identify characteristics of the electrical grid, roadways, railways, bridges, tunnels, waterways, and more。 Engineering in Plain Sight inspires curiosity, interest, and engagement in how the infrastructure around us is designed and constructed。

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Reviews

vincentasusual

Covering many infrastructures spoken in a basic manner。 Not as good as the manner of delivery by the author on his YouTube channel, lacking many pictures that would aument the type of technicalities I would enjoy。 However, it does make me feel a sense of belonging and awe with civil engineering that I neglected in my daily life。