Civil Engineering: A Very Short Introduction

Civil engineering has made an inestimable contribution to modern life, providing the crucial expertise behind our vast...
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Author: David Muir Wood
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Civil Engineering: A Very Short Introduction by Muir Wood, David

Civil Engineering: A Very Short Introduction

$23.12

Civil Engineering: A Very Short Introduction

$23.12
Author: David Muir Wood
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.


Author: David Muir Wood
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 11/25/2012
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.70h x 4.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780199578634

About the Author

David Muir Wood is Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Bristol.

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