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Engineering in Plain Sight Grady Hillhouse

Engineering in Plain Sight By Grady Hillhouse

Engineering in Plain Sight by Grady Hillhouse


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Summary

Engineering in Plain Sight is a beautifully illustrated field guide to the infrastructure around us.

Engineering in Plain Sight Summary

Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment by Grady Hillhouse

Engineering in Plain Sight is a beautifully illustrated field guide to the infrastructure around us. 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.

Engineering in Plain Sight Reviews

An outstanding resource on a wide range of civil engineering subjects for all readers. Wonderful for browsing, reading, or researching.
-Rob Tench, Library Journal

[Engineering In Plain Sight] is a fun, informative book that helps educate on the world around us.
-Geek_Dude, GeekTechStuff

A plain explanation of every day engineering . . . [with] enough detail to satisfy even a lot of detailed questions about infrastructure.
-Lee Teschler, Design World Online

Grady is the perfect person to explain engineering to us . . . he's a brilliant storyteller who can translate that knowledge into engaging tales that even the technically-challenged among us can dig into. His book [Engineering in Plain Sight] is the perfect extension of this unique skill set. By taking a concept usually applied to the natural world - a field guide! - and applying it to the, um, non-natural one, he's helped me understand for the first time basic but important things ... like how a cell tower actually works.
-David Goldenberg, MinuteEarth

Highly readable and illustrated with plenty of diagrams, making the material accessible to non-engineers . . . it would serve very well as a reference book for classrooms and the school library.
-Terry Freedman, ICT & Computing in Education

Perfect for those with a curious mind and restless imagination.
-E.D. Corbeels, Purdue Reviewer

Written for anybody that just wants to learn about the world around them . . . I highly recommend it.
-Isaac Oakeson, Civil Engineering Academy

This is a 'Bob the Builder' guide for young adults and older who are curious about common miracles of engineering. From asphalt to voltage regulators, they'll never look at the world the same.
-The Austin Chronicle

About Grady Hillhouse

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 2 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.

Additional information

NGR9781718502321
9781718502321
171850232X
Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment by Grady Hillhouse
New
Hardback
No Starch Press,US
2022-11-01
224
N/A
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