Engineering: A Very Short Introduction

Name: Engineering: A Very Short Introduction
Brand: Oxford University Press, USA
SKU: 0199578699
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ISBN: 9780199578696

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24 Mar, 2012

By David Blockley (Author)

Engineering is part of almost everything we do--from the buildings we live in and the roads and railways we travel on, to the telephones and computers we u...

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ISBN-10:

0199578699

ISBN-13:

9780199578696

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

No.of Pages

152

Dimensions

6.8 X 4.3 X 0.4 inches

Description

Engineering is part of almost everything we do--from the buildings we live in and the roads and railways we travel on, to the telephones and computers we use to communicate and the X-ray machines that help doctors diagnose diseases. In this Very Short Introduction, David Blockley explores the nature and practice of engineering--its history, its scope, and its relationship with art, craft, science, and technology. He begins with its early roots, ranging from Archimedes to some of the great figures of engineering such as Brunel and Marconi, right up to the modern day, describing the five ages of engineering--gravity, heat, electromagnetism, information, and systems--and showing how they relate to one another. Blockley discusses some of engineering's great achievements as well as its great disasters--such as when things went catastrophically wrong at Chernobyl--using examples of everyday tools to reveal how engineering actually works. He also looks at some of the contributions engineers will have to make in the future in order to sustain and promote human well-being.

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ISBN-10

: 0199578699

ISBN-13

: 9780199578696

Publisher

: Oxford University Press, USA

Publication date

: 24 Mar, 2012

About the Author

David Blockley is Head of the Department of Civil Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Bristol.