An engineer's alphabet [electronic resource] : gleanings from the softer side of his profession / Henry Petroski.
2011
T14 .P473 2011eb
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Title
An engineer's alphabet [electronic resource] : gleanings from the softer side of his profession / Henry Petroski.
Author
Petroski, Henry.
ISBN
9781139186230 (electronic bk.)
9781107015067
9781107015067
Publication Details
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 360 p.)
Call Number
T14 .P473 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
601
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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