Neuware - Community is essential for humans. But living together comes with challenges--challenges often solved by engineers! Access to clean drinking water Engineers did that. Managing garbage Engineers too. Safe and comfortable places to live with electricity and running water You got it, engineers. Engineers are also behind the communication and transportation networks that keep our communities operating smoothly. Oh, and advances in healthcare You can thank engineers for those too. Engineers have been shaping our world by designing and building amazing structures and machines for thousands of years. From ancient civilizations to modern metropolises, engineering inventions have been essential to human survival and prosperity. In Why Communities Need Engineers, young readers will discover how engineers have shaped life as we know it and how they make safer, greener and more livable communities. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

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Title: Why Communities Need Engineers : Helping Humans Live Together
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers Mai 2026
Publication Date: 2026
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1459840534
ISBN 13: 9781459840539
Binding: Buch
Illustrator: Taylor, Arden
Condition: Neu
Dimensions: 279 millimeters width by 231 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
Weight: 640 grams

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Community is essential for humans. But living together comes with challenges―challenges often solved by engineers!

Access to clean drinking water? Engineers did that. Managing garbage? Engineers too. Safe and comfortable places to live with electricity and running water? You got it, engineers. Engineers are also behind the communication and transportation networks that keep our communities operating smoothly. Oh, and advances in healthcare? You can thank engineers for those too.

Engineers have been shaping our world by designing and building amazing structures and machines for thousands of years. From ancient civilizations to modern metropolises, engineering inventions have been essential to human survival and prosperity. In Why Communities Need Engineers, young readers will discover how engineers have shaped life as we know it and how they make safer, greener and more livable communities.

The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

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Helen Liang earned her bachelor of applied science degree in civil engineering from the University of British Columbia and an associate certificate in technical writing (with distinction) from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. She is the author of Why Communities Need Engineers and Why Earth Needs Engineers. These books explore the vital role of engineering for our communities and the planet. She is passionate about volunteering in her community and church and enjoys hiking, writing and learning.

Arden Taylor is a Toronto-based freelance illustrator. A graduate of Sheridan College with an honors bachelor of illustration, she enjoys digitally creating colorful illustrations of architecture and people and designs for wallpaper and other projects. Her clients include Hazlitt magazine and California Institute of Technology, and her work has been featured in various magazines, newspapers, advertising campaigns and websites. She is the illustrator of Walls, The True Story of Vanilla and Why Communities Need Engineers.

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