Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment by Amazonundefined
Description
Engineering in Plain Sight
is a beautifully illustrated field guide with accessible explanations to nearly every part of the constructed world around us.Author Grady Hillhouse is the creator behind the popular YouTube channel
Practical Engineering
(over 3 million subscribers!) and this book is essentially 50 new episodes crammed between two covers.
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.
Product information
- Długość wersji drukowanej:264 str.
- Język:Angielski
- Wydawca:No Starch Press
- Data publikacji:1 listopada 2022
- Wymiary:21.03 x 2.16 x 26.21 cm
- ISBN-10:171850232X
- ISBN-13:978-1718502321
- Wskaźnik Lexile:1250L
- Author:Grady Hillhouse
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