Essential engineer : why science alone will not solve our global problems

By:

Petroski, Henry

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 2010Description: x,274,iipISBN:

0307272451

DDC classification:

620 PET

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	CEPT Library	Faculty of Technology	620 PET	Available	Status:Catalogued;Bill No:WORDI/2012/CRB/752		010458

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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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