Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment 一目了然的工程:构造环境的图解现场指南

基本信息

Format Hardback | 224 pages

Dimensions 203 x 254 x 21.08mm | 369g

Publication date 01 Nov 2022

Publisher No Starch Press,US

Publication City/Country San Francisco, United States

Language English

Edition Illustrated

Edition Statement Illustrated

Illustrations note Full colour throughout

ISBN10 171850232X

ISBN13 9781718502321

基本信息仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

《一目了然的工程》是一本图文并茂的实地指南，介绍我们周围的基础设施。

《一目了然的工程》将实地指南的类型从自然现象扩展到了人造结构，使它们变得平易近人，非工程师也能理解。它改变了读者对建筑环境的看法，将观察基础设施的行为从一种平凡的必然性转化为一种日常的消遣和乐趣。

这本易懂、内容丰富的书的每一节都有彩色插图，揭示了人类制造的世界如何运作的迷人细节。作为理想的公路旅行伴侣，这本书提供了一个全新的视角，让人们了解环境中那些经常混入背景的部分。读者将学会识别电网、公路、铁路、桥梁、隧道、水路等的特征。平视工程》激发了人们对我们周围的基础设施是如何设计和建造的好奇心、兴趣和参与。

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.

作者简介

格雷迪-希尔豪斯是一名土木工程师和科学传播者，因其教育视频系列《实用工程》而广为人知，目前是YouTube上的工程频道之一，拥有超过200万订阅者，每月有数百万次观看。他的视频专注于基础设施和人造环境，赢得了世界各地媒体的关注，并被科学频道和探索频道以及许多其他出版物所报道。在全职制作视频之前，希尔豪斯做了近十年的工程顾问，从事各种基础设施项目的工作，重点是大坝和水力结构。他拥有德州州立大学和德州农工大学的学位。

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.