EAN: 9781718502321

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

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.

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