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

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

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 struct…

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