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Engineering in Plain Sight is a fantastically illustrated area information with accessible explanations to just about each a part of the constructed world round us.
Writer Grady Hillhouse is the creator behind the favored YouTube channel Sensible Engineering (over 4.5 million subscribers!) and this e-book is basically 50 new episodes crammed between two covers.
Engineering in Plain Sight extends the sector information style from pure phenomena to human-made buildings, making them approachable and comprehensible to non-engineers. It transforms readers’ views of the constructed surroundings, changing the act of taking a look at infrastructure from an earthly inevitability into an on a regular basis diversion and pleasure.
Every part of this accessible, informative e-book options colourful illustrations revealing the fascinating particulars of how the human-made world works. A perfect street journey companion, this e-book presents a recent perspective on the elements of the surroundings that usually mix into the background. Readers will study to establish traits of {the electrical} grid, roadways, railways, bridges, tunnels, waterways, and extra. Engineering in Plain Sight evokes curiosity, curiosity, and engagement in how the infrastructure round us is designed and constructed.
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Grady Hillhouse is a civil engineer and science communicator broadly identified for his instructional video sequence Sensible Engineering, at present one of many largest engineering channels on YouTube with over 2 million subscribers and thousands and thousands of views every month. His movies, which give attention to infrastructure and the human-made surroundings, have garnered media consideration from all over the world and been featured on each the Science Channel and Discovery Channel along with many different publications. Earlier than producing movies full time, Hillhouse spent almost ten years as an engineering guide, engaged on all kinds of infrastructure tasks with a give attention to dams and hydraulic buildings. He holds levels from Texas State College and Texas A&M College.
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No Starch Press has revealed the best in geek leisure since 1994, creating each well timed and timeless titles like Python Crash Course, Python for Youngsters, How Linux Works, and Hacking: The Artwork of Exploitation. An unbiased, San Francisco-based publishing firm, No Starch Press focuses on a curated listing of well-crafted books that make a distinction. They publish on many matters, together with laptop programming, cybersecurity, working programs, and LEGO. The titles have character, the authors are passionate consultants, and all of the content material goes via in depth editorial and technical critiques. Lengthy identified for its enjoyable, fearless method to know-how, No Starch Press has earned huge help from STEM fanatics worldwide.
Writer : No Starch Press
Publication date : Nov. 1 2022
Version : Mixed
Language : English
Print size : 264 pages
ISBN-10 : 171850232X
ISBN-13 : 978-1718502321
Merchandise weight : 970 g
Dimensions : 20.96 x 2.18 x 26.19 cm
Finest Sellers Rank: #9,762 in Books (See Prime 100 in Books) #1 in Supplies Structure #5 in Architectural Buildings (Books) #6 in Building Logistics
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