@article{438171,
      author = {Petroski, Henry.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/438171},
      title = {An engineer's alphabet gleanings from the softer side of  his profession / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      abstract = {"Written by America's most famous engineering storyteller  and educator, this abecedarian is one engineer's selection  of thoughts, quotations, anecdotes, facts, trivia, and  arcana relating to the practice, history, culture, and  traditions of his profession. The entries reflect decades  of reading. writting, talking, and thinking about engineers  and engineering, and range from brief essays to lists of  great engineereing achievements. This work is organized  alphabetically and more like a dictionary than an  encyclopedia. It is not intended to be read from first page  to last, but rather to be dipped into here and there as the  mood strikes the reader. In time, it is hoped, this book  should become the source to which readers go first when  they encounter a vague or obscure reference to the softer  side of engineering"--},
      recid = {438171},
      pages = {1 online resource (viii, 360 p.)},
      address = {Cambridge ;},
      year = {2011},
}