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ENGINEERING IN PLAIN SIGHT - GRADY HILLHOUSE GE...

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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