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Engineering in Plain Sight
An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment
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Engineering in Plain Sight
Engineering in Plain Sight is a beautifully illustrated field guide to the infrastructure around us.
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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 colourful 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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Engineering in Plain Sight by Grady Hillhouse has been praised for its accessible approach to explaining complex engineering concepts. Reviewers commend the author for making the subject matter engaging and understandable for a broad audience, including those without a technical background. The book's illustrations and clear explanations are noted as effective in demystifying the intricacies of engineering.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781718502321
Publisher: No Starch Press,US
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 November 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: No Starch Press,US
Illustration: Full colour throughout
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 203.0mm
Height: 254.0mm
Weight: 369g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Grady Hillhouse is a civil engineer and science communicator widely known for his educational video series Practical Engineering, currently one of the largest engineering channels on YouTube with over 3 million subscribers and millions of views each month. His videos, which focus on infrastructure and the human-made environment, have garnered media attention from around the world and been featured on both the Science Channel and Discovery Channel in addition to many other publications. Before producing videos full time, Hillhouse spent nearly ten years as an engineering consultant, working on a wide variety of infrastructure projects with a focus on dams and hydraulic structures. He holds degrees from Texas State University and Texas A&M University.
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