Description: Title: Civil Engineering: A Very Short Introduction Author: Muir Wood, David Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Binding: Paperback Pages: 160 Dimensions: 6.70h x 4.30w x 0.50d Product Weight: 0.25 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9780199578634 Civil engineering has made an inestimable contribution to modern life, providing the crucial expertise behind our vast transportation systems and the wide array of built structures where we work, study, and play. In this Very Short Introduction, engineer David Muir Wood turns a spotlight on a field that we often take for granted. He sheds light on the nature and importance of civil engineering in the history of civilization and urbanization, outlines its many accomplishments in the modern era, and points to the hurdles that civil engineering will face in the future. Beginning with the task of creating a settlement on a deserted island, Muir Wood sets out the problems that civil engineers face every day, highlighting the social and environmental challenges as well as the grasp of science and technology needed to craft buildings, bridges, tunnels, houses, and areas of recreation. The author also profiles the lives of some of the major civil engineers, such as Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the acclaimed builder of steamships, railways, and tunnels, and Sir Joseph Bazalgette, whose sewer system in central London was instrumental in relieving the city from cholera epidemics. Finally, Muir Wood considers the growing difficulty of managing our water and energy supplies, and he looks at the engineering profession's increased sensitivity to building and the environment. Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer
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Book Title: Civil Engineering : a Very Short Introduction
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 0.3 in
Topic: General, Civil / General
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Genre: Technology & Engineering
Item Weight: 4 Oz
Author: David Muir Wood
Item Length: 6.7 in
Book Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Item Width: 5.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback