The essential engineer : why science alone will not solve our global problems / Henry Petroski.
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TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010Description: x, 274 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780307272454; 0307272451Subject(s): Technological innovations -- Popular works | Engineering -- Popular works | Technology and civilization -- Popular works | Research -- Popular works | Problem solving -- Popular works | Science -- Popular worksDDC classification: 620 LOC classification: T173.8 | .P467 2010Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Sample text | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-258) and index.
Ubiquitous risk -- Engineering is rocket science -- Doctors and Dilberts -- Which comes first? -- Einstein the inventor -- Speed bumps -- Research and development -- Development and research -- Alternative energies -- Complex systems -- Two cultures -- Uncertain science and engineering -- Great achievements and grand challenges -- Prizing engineering.
Poses compelling arguments about why the scientific community must work with engineers to address the world's most pressing environmental issues, explaining how engineering can offer solutions to structural and economic challenges.
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