Engineering

2015 International Plumbing Code (Includes IPSDC)
2015 International Plumbing Code (Includes IPSDC)

Review:ICC system of organization & cross referencing seems to be set up so that the authors can prove how obtuse they can make something. I have worked with Building Codes for 40-years and they just seem to get more illogical in organization each issue. Going to multiple locations to try to piece together the requirements for an issue often leads to varying interpretations of the intent to no one's benefit. Read more

2015 International Plumbing Code Commentary (Includes IPSDC)
2015 International Plumbing Code Commentary (Includes IPSDC)

Review:ICC system of organization & cross referencing seems to be set up so that the authors can prove how obtuse they can make something. I have worked with Building Codes for 40-years and they just seem to get more illogical in organization each issue. Going to multiple locations to try to piece together the requirements for an issue often leads to varying interpretations of the intent to no one's benefit. Read more

2015 International Mechanical Code Turbo Tabs for Soft Cover
2015 International Mechanical Code Turbo Tabs for Soft Cover

Review:ICC system of organization & cross referencing seems to be set up so that the authors can prove how obtuse they can make something. I have worked with Building Codes for 40-years and they just seem to get more illogical in organization each issue. Going to multiple locations to try to piece together the requirements for an issue often leads to varying interpretations of the intent to no one's benefit. Read more

and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

Review:Terrific read. Our Forest Firefighters are a special kind of hero....A neighbor is a team leader who has fought in the west for decades....I am reading about events that he suggested....this year he retired... Read more

Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space

Review:absolutely fascinating delineation of what it took in people, ideas, time, governmental funding, invention and experimentation to confirm the existence of gravity waves posited by Einstein about 100 years ago.. Read more

Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power

Review:Coll provides readers with a comprehensive analysis of a great and powerful American company. You may not agree with all of the author's opinions or with all of ExxonMobil's business practices, but you are likely to be favorably impressed by both. If you are interested in the oil business, you will enjoy this book. Read more

The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

Review:This book, in my opinion, focuses too much on the politics involved and not about the actual people involved with the actual design and construction of the bridge. I was expecting more technical details and actual experiences of those with their hands on the bridge. Good reading, otherwise. Read more

Perspective Made Easy (Dover Art Instruction)
Perspective Made Easy (Dover Art Instruction)

Review:All the basics of perspective is pretty much right here, with clear and easy to understand examples & descriptions. It's a very helpful book for anyone studying perspective. I Highly recommend it! Read more

Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

Review:I had a Grandfather that worked at Bell Labs from the early 50's through the 80's. He does not talk much about his time there but with the little I did know of his career at the Labs I was intrigued being a IT professional myself. When I heard of this book I bought it right away and breezed through it in no time. The history of the Labs is the starting point of everything we have today from any electronic device we use to Cellular technology (cell phone networks) and military technology such ... Read more

Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America

Review:Every thinking person on the planet (and everyone who is trying hard to be a thinking person) should read this book for the very survival of our planet.

The president has taken it on his vacation this week, and that tells you something. The author is a "sober optimist," and now I am IF we all work together to build a healthy environment with clean energy and new jobs and beautiful cities, urban areas, forests and oceans. It can be done. You have to concentrate on the book, but the phra... Read more

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