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Why Communities Need Engineers: Helping Humans Live Together (Orca Timeline)

By Helen Liang

Science and technology

Synthetic audio, Automated braille

Summary

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 that 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 could save our planet in the future.

Title Details

ISBN 9781459840553
Publisher Orca Book Publishers
Copyright Date 2026
Book number 7105022
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Why Communities Need Engineers: Helping Humans Live Together (Orca Timeline)

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