Essential engineer : why science alone will not solve our global problems
Petroski, Henry
Essential engineer : why science alone will not solve our global problems - New York Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 2010 - x,274,iip.
CONTENTS Preface ix 1. Ubiquitous Risk 3 2.Engineering Is Rocket Science 18 3.Doctors and Dilberts 29 4. Which Comes First?45 5.Einstein the Inventor 59 6.Speed Bumps 71 7. Research and Development 93 8.Development and Research 105 9.Alternative Energies 124 10.Complex Systems156 11.Two Cultures 184 12.Uncertain Science and Engineering 184 13. Great Achievements and Grand Challenges198 14. Prizing Engineering218 Notes 231 Illustration Credits 259 Index 261
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Essential engineer : why science alone will not solve our global problems - New York Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 2010 - x,274,iip.
CONTENTS Preface ix 1. Ubiquitous Risk 3 2.Engineering Is Rocket Science 18 3.Doctors and Dilberts 29 4. Which Comes First?45 5.Einstein the Inventor 59 6.Speed Bumps 71 7. Research and Development 93 8.Development and Research 105 9.Alternative Energies 124 10.Complex Systems156 11.Two Cultures 184 12.Uncertain Science and Engineering 184 13. Great Achievements and Grand Challenges198 14. Prizing Engineering218 Notes 231 Illustration Credits 259 Index 261
0307272451
620 / PET