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River Notes: A Natural and Human History of the Colorado By Wade Davis. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2013

The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date By SamuelArbesman. New York City: Current (Penguin Group), 2012

The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution By Charles R. Morris. New York City: PublicAffairs, 2012

Engineers for Change: Competing Visions of Technology in 1960s America By Matthew Wisnioski. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2012

ASCE Library 2014 Subscription Catalog

Why Learn about Engineering Sustainable Infrastructure?

House Report Examines Ways To Improve Nation's Freight Transportation Network

Former ASCE President Lends Expertise to High-Speed Transportation Project

The future of energy is the theme of EXPO-2017, an event to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, and of the winning design for the exposition...

Proximity, Timing, And Aquifer Conditions Key to How Groundwater Pumping Affects Streamflows

Design and Construction Of Alaskan Recreation Area Overcome Difficult Site

Construction Begun On Improvements to Key Memphis Interchange

Construction Begins On Disinfection Facilities at Two Chicago Treatment Plants

U.K. Research Team Developing Concrete That Heals Its Own Cracks

After much debate and uncertainty, the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has ruled that the height of One World Trade Center, in New York City, is indeed 1,776 ft, a symbolic number that had been in question because of the mast at the tower's top...

The Why of Things: Causality in Science, Medicine, and Life By Peter Rabins. New York City: Columbia University Press, 2013

Mass Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge, and ChangeBy Edmund Phelps. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2013

A History of Ancient Egypt: From The First Farmers to The Great Pyramid By John Romer. New York City: Thomas Dunne Books, 2013

Iconic Vision: John Parkinson, Architect of Los Angeles By Stephen Gee. Santa Monica, California: Angel City Press, 2013

 

 

 

 

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