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Brian Hayes

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Bridges, power lines, grain elevators, oil refineries -- all are sights seen by millions of Americans every day. But have you ever considered the man-made landscape, as a landscape? Science writer Brian Hayes has been laboring for many years on a book that celebrates the everyday engineering marvels. His book is called Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape.
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