Engineering in plain sight : an illustrated field guide to the constructed environment /
by Grady Hillhouse.
- San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, [2023]
- xi, 251 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.
Includes index.
Electrical grid -- Communications -- Roadways -- Bridges and tunnels -- Railways -- Dams, levees, and coastal structures -- Municipal water and wastewater -- Construction.
"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."--