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

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MD5 of a better version of this file (if applicable). Fill this in if there is another file that closely matches this file (same edition, same file extension if you can find one), which people should use instead of this file. If you know of a better version of this file outside of Anna’s Archive, then please upload it. This is an awesome read that I would recommend to anyone with even a passing interest in the constructed world around them. 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.” By publishing your document, the content will be optimally indexed by Google via AI and sorted into the right category for over 500 million ePaper readers on YUMPU.

This book has A LOT of well done illustrations, and if you look closely they are often amusing. Because there are so many illustrations I do not recommend reading this on a Kindle. I normally prefer reading on my Kindle, but was glad I had the hardcover of this book. Excellent illustrations, great structure, and a fun diversity of topics! I learned a lot! Unfortunately for most audiences, an even better resource already exists on these subjects--the author's YouTube catalogue, which is consistently high quality! I would recommend his videos over the book for several reasons, like getting to see demos in action or getting more real-life case studies of engineering projects. Most chapters of the book feel like they are adapted directly from his videos.An outstanding resource on a wide range of civil engineering subjects for all readers. Wonderful for browsing, reading, or researching.” Written for anybody that just wants to learn about the world around them . . . I highly recommend it.” Overall I liked this book. Being a fan of this type of stuff (and Grady's YouTube channel) I was familiar with a lot of what the booked covered, but still found interesting tidbits throughout. I like this one, but also felt that I would love it way more if I read it my teens. The book is pretty good at covering the basics of civil engineering, but it stops right there - at the basics. (at each chapter it felt that the same topics are covered way more detailed on the youtube channel) I kinda wished there were links or references to the resources if I would want a deeper dive. 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."

Grady is the perfect person to explain engineering to us: he's smart enough to understand exactly how everything in the human-made world works, and 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." Whether you love and respect engineering as I do, or are driven by curiosity as to how the world works, Engineering in Plain Sight by Grady Hillhouse is a unique resource, complemented by his popular Practical Engineering YouTube channel. A plain explanation of every day engineering . . . [with] enough detail to satisfy even a lot of detailed questions about infrastructure." The book aims to explain (mostly in layman's terms) how numerous infrastructural objects around us work. And it accomplishes it brilliantly, in my opinion. It provides just enough details to explain most ideas and doesn't dive into intricacies to not get you bored. It was still pretty useful now, when I have no little one asking me questions, except for my own 4-year old self that is still inside my head wondering, occasionally, what all this stuff is. The great thing about a young one asking you questions, of course, is that it helps you to remember to look around and think about these things again, and now that there are more books available than ever, you can more often than not find out the answer.A plain explanation of every day engineering . . . [with] enough detail to satisfy even a lot of detailed questions about infrastructure.” Engineering in Plain Sight is a beautifully illustrated field guide with accessible explanations to nearly every part of the constructed world around us.