{"id":1560,"date":"2023-12-01T05:50:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T13:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2023-11-30T14:10:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T22:10:52","slug":"engineering-in-plain-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/engineering-in-plain-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering in Plain Sight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/engineeringinplainsightfc.jpg?resize=525%2C652&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"652\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20475\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment<\/em><br \/>\nby Grady Hillhouse (Author)<br \/>\n<em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/416Jxy7\">Amazon<\/a>* | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9781718502321\">Bookshop<\/a>*<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> In his <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/i2m3I0LxZOA?si=ykylXTDyQi28DdUb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">book trailer<\/a> the author introduces the book and show snippets from several chapters. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i2m3I0LxZOA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Table of contents<\/strong><br \/>\nIntroduction<br \/>\nChapter 1: Electrical Grid<br \/>\nChapter 2: Communications<br \/>\nChapter 3: Roadways<br \/>\nChapter 4: Bridges and Tunnels<br \/>\nChapter 5: Railways<br \/>\nChapter 6: Dams, Levees, and Coastal Structures<br \/>\nChapter 7: Municipal Water and Wastewater<br \/>\nChapter 8: Construction Glossary<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-889\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/stemfriday.tiny_.jpg?resize=216%2C104\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"104\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/\">STEM Friday!<\/a> (<strong>STEM<\/strong> is <strong>S<\/strong>cience, <strong>T<\/strong>echnology, <strong>E<\/strong>ngineering, and <strong>M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved. <em>(*bookstore affiliate<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment by Grady Hillhouse (Author) @ Amazon* | Bookshop* Booktalk: In his book trailer the author introduces the book and show snippets from several chapters. Snippet: Table of contents Introduction Chapter 1: Electrical Grid Chapter 2: Communications Chapter 3: Roadways Chapter 4: Bridges and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/engineering-in-plain-sight\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Engineering in Plain Sight&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stem-friday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pamhGQ-pa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":646,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/insect-superpowers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1560,"position":0},"title":"Insect Superpowers","author":"Sue Heavenrich","date":"December 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Insect Superpowers, by Kate Messner; illus. by Jillian Nickell 80 pages; ages 8 - 12. 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