TY  - BOOK
AU  - Petroski, Henry
TI  - Essential engineer : why science alone will not solve our global problems
SN  - 0307272451
U1  - 620 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf Inc.
N1  - 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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