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020 _a171850232X
_q(hardcover)
020 _a9781718502321
_q(hardcover)
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dSKYRV
_dMiTN
042 _apcc
050 4 _aTA148
_b.H44 2023
100 1 _aHillhouse, Grady,
245 1 0 _aEngineering in plain sight :
_ban illustrated field guide to the constructed environment /
_cby Grady Hillhouse.
260 _aSan Francisco, CA :
_bNo Starch Press,
_c[2023]
264 1 _aSan Francisco, CA :
_bNo Starch Press,
_c[2023]
300 _axi, 251 pages :
_billustrations (chiefly color) ;
_c27 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aElectrical grid -- Communications -- Roadways -- Bridges and tunnels -- Railways -- Dams, levees, and coastal structures -- Municipal water and wastewater -- Construction.
520 _a"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."--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aCivil engineering
_vPopular works.
650 0 _aInfrastructure (Economics)
_vPopular works.
655 7 _aIllustrated works.
_2lcgft.
999 _c523515
_d523515