Engineering the City: How Infrastructure Works, Projects and Principles for Beginners

Excellent book for my 10 year old grandson. He loves building and wants to learn as much as possible about the science behind it. This gives a clear written picture regarding engineering, followed up with experiments to do on your own to visually learn the concept. I purchased a used copy that arrived in excellent, like new condition.

Good for any level of expertise within the field to gain an understanding and appreciation for infrastructure and how we got to now.

A practical and fundamental look at complex building methods. This book has brief but factual details and some "labs" that can be done at home with very few materials. I believe the intended audience is for middle and high school students.

This is actually a juvenile title, and should be labelled a such.

Extremely well written and researched, superbly illustrated with a down-to-earth presentation.

This book was written for a 5th grade audience.

It’s a well written book for kids to understand the basics of civil engineering.

The book on civil engineering I bought helps me learn more about how City infrastructure works and its benefits to human beings. I have always had an interest in how things were built hundreds of years ago.

'only' four stars because i was hoping for a slightly more detailed account on sewage treatment (plants). the experiments, projects and construction diagrams and the glossary deserve five stars. five stars also for readability and motivation effect - you'd just love to try out yourself those experiments and projects ... and to blazes with your thumb-fingerdness!

just waste of money