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Author Hillhouse, Grady, author.

Title Engineering in plain sight : an illustrated field guide to the constructed environment / by Grady Hillhouse.

Publication Info. San Francisco : No Starch Press, [2023]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3000521~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  624 HIL    AVAILABLE
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Description xi, 251 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Note Includes index.
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.
Subject Civil engineering -- Popular works.
Infrastructure (Economics) -- Popular works.
ISBN 9781718502321 hc.
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