000			00869nam a2200157Ia 4500
020			_a0307272451
082			_a620 _bPET
100			_aPetroski, Henry
245			_aEssential engineer : why science alone will not solve our global problems
260			_aNew York _bAlfred A. Knopf Inc. _c2010
300			_ax,274,iip.
500			_aCONTENTS 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
890			_aUnited States
891			_aSD
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