On the Grid A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and the Systems That Make Our World Work

Name: On the Grid A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and the Systems That Make Our World Work
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ISBN: 9781605296470

ISBN-10: 1605296473

ISBN-13: 9781605296470

Edition: 2010

Authors: Scott Huler

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A lively, captivating investigation into the infrastructure that makes society possible Wires, pipes, roads, and water support the lives we lead, but the average person doesn't know where they go or even how they work. Our systems of infrastructure are not only shrouded in mystery, many are woefully out of date. In On the Grid, Scott Huler takes the time to understand the systems that sustain our way of life, starting from his own quarter of an acre in North Carolina and traveling as far as Ancient Rome. Each chapter follows one element of infrastructure back to its sourceor to its outlet. Huler visits power plants, watches new asphalt pavement being laid, and traces a drop of water…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony/Rodale
Publication date: 5/11/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034

SCOTT HULER is the author of On Being Brown and A Little Bit Sideways: One Week Inside a NASCAR Winston Cup Race Team. His work is heard regularly on National Public Radio. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. From the Hardcover edition.



Introduction: Raleigh versus the Garbage Disposal



The Lay of the Land



The Pig and the Crab



A Chess Game You Never Win



What a River Would Do



The Asphalt Ballet



The Blue Glow



The Big Ravioli



Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, All the Time



Annihilating Both Time and Space


The Virtue of Necessity


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index