Engineering A Beginner''s Guide

Informationen zum Autor Natasha McCarthy is policy advisor at the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, and a member of the planning group for the international Workshop on Philosophy and Engineering. Klappentext Focusing on the impact of engineering on society and the world, McCarthy details the development of the discipline, explains what makes an engineering mind, and shows how every aspect of our lives has been engineered: from gadgets to our national infrastructure. Long considered tinkerers, problem solvers, and visionaries, engineers hold the keys to our real and virtual future. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the impact of engineering on society and the world! this book details the development of the discipline! explains what makes an engineering mind! and shows how various aspects of our lives has been engineered: from gadgets to our national infrastructure.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Natasha McCarthy, McCarthy Natasha
• Verlag: Oneworld
• Sprachen: Englisch
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2009
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Technik > Allgemeines, Lexika
• EAN: 9781851686629
• ISBN: 978-1-85168-662-9
• Anzahl Seiten: 192
• Serie: Beginner's Guides; Beginner's Guides
• Themen: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General), TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Structural, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / General, History of engineering and technology, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering: general, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Structural engineering, Educational: Technology, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Engineering skills & trades, Educational: Engineering, Engineering skills and trades