How Infrastructure Works

Name: How Infrastructure Works
Brand: Penguin Publishing Group
SKU: 813137

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815923How Infrastructure Workshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/how-infrastructure-works-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/271211/194e6911-976f-444e-be5b-637e27b49c15.jpg?v=638334043621000000249324MXNPenguin Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"Revelatory, superbly written, and pulsing with wisdom and humanity, How Infrastructure Works is a masterpiece. Ed Yong, author of An Immense WorldA new way of seeing the essential systems hidden inside our walls, under our streets, and all around usInfrastructure is a marvel, meeting our basic needs and enabling lives of astounding ease and productivity that would have been unimaginable just a century ago. It is the physical manifestation of our social contractof our ability to work collectively for the public goodand it consists of the most complex and vast technological systems ever created by humans.A soaring bridge is an obvious infrastructural feat, but so are the mostly hidden reservoirs, transformers, sewers, cables, and pipes that deliver water, energy, and information to wherever we need it. When these systems work well, they hide in plain sight. Engineer and materials scientist Deb Chachra takes readers on a fascinating tour of these essential utilities, revealing how they work, what it takes to keep them running, just how much we rely on thembut also whom they work well for, and who pays the costs.Across the U.S. and elsewhere, these systems are suffering from systemic neglect and the effects of climate change, becoming unavoidably visible when they break down. Communities that are already marginalized often bear the brunt of these failures. But Chachra maps out a path for transforming and rebuilding our shared infrastructure to be not just functional but also equitable, resilient, and sustainable. The cost of not being able to rely on these systems is unthinkably high. We need to learn how to see themand fix them, togetherbefore its too late....813137How Infrastructure Works249324https://www.gandhi.com.mx/how-infrastructure-works-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/271211/194e6911-976f-444e-be5b-637e27b49c15.jpg?v=638334043621000000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239780593086612_W3siaWQiOiI0Y2Q2Y2ViMy00MjZmLTQ2NmEtYWE1OS02YmEzY2U3YWIyYWQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIxMCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjI3LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE4MywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDItMDVUMDU6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780593086612_A new way of seeing the essential systems hidden inside our walls, under our streets, and all around us.Infrastructure is a marvel, meeting our basic needs and enabling lives of astounding ease and productivity that would have been unimaginable just a century ago. It is the physical manifestation of our social contractof our ability to work collectively for the public goodand it consists of the most complex and vast technological systems ever created by humans.A soaring bridge is an obvious infrastructural feat, but so are the mostly hidden reservoirs, transformers, sewers, cables, and pipes that deliver water, energy, and information to wherever we need it. When these systems work well, they hide in plain sight. Engineer and materials scientist Deb Chachra takes readers on a fascinating tour of these essential utilities, revealing how they work, what it takes to keep them running, just how much we rely on thembut also, who they work well for, and who pays the costs.Across the US and elsewhere, these systems are suffering from systemic neglect and the effects of climate change, becoming unavoidably visible when they break down. Communities that are already marginalized often bear the brunt of these failures. But Chachra maps out a path for transforming and rebuilding our shared infrastructure to be not just functional, but also equitable, resilient and sustainable. The cost of not being able to rely on these systems is unthinkably high. We need to learn how to see themand fix them, togetherbefore its too late....(*_*)9780593086612_NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"Revelatory, superbly written, and pulsing with wisdom and humanity, How Infrastructure Works is a masterpiece. Ed Yong, author of An Immense WorldA new way of seeing the essential systems hidden inside our walls, under our streets, and all around usInfrastructure is a marvel, meeting our basic needs and enabling lives of astounding ease and productivity that would have been unimaginable just a century ago. It is the physical manifestation of our social contractof our ability to work collectively for the public goodand it consists of the most complex and vast technological systems ever created by humans.A soaring bridge is an obvious infrastructural feat, but so are the mostly hidden reservoirs, transformers, sewers, cables, and pipes that deliver water, energy, and information to wherever we need it. When these systems work well, they hide in plain sight. Engineer and materials scientist Deb Chachra takes readers on a fascinating tour of these essential utilities, revealing how they work, what it takes to keep them running, just how much we rely on thembut also whom they work well for, and who pays the costs.Across the U.S. and elsewhere, these systems are suffering from systemic neglect and the effects of climate change, becoming unavoidably visible when they break down. Communities that are already marginalized often bear the brunt of these failures. But Chachra maps out a path for transforming and rebuilding our shared infrastructure to be not just functional but also equitable, resilient, and sustainable. The cost of not being able to rely on these systems is unthinkably high. We need to learn how to see themand fix them, togetherbefore its too late....9780593086612_Penguin Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_0d7ac0ef-1d05-351a-a93a-20ed48c530f8_9780593086612;9780593086612_9780593086612Deb ChachraInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/PenguinUS-epub-031df15d-3f07-46a7-a76c-ea5bf9238a24.epub2023-10-17T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Publishing Group