What Engineers Know and How They Know It
What Engineers Know and How They Know It
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What Engineers Know and How They Know It by Walter G Vincenti
To solve their design problems engineers draw in a vast body of knowledge about how things work. This problem-solving knowledge may appear mundane or derivative from science, but in What Engineers Know and How They Know It Walter G. Vincenti shows how sophisticated and "internal" to engineering it really is-and how seemingly simple design requirements can have complex intellectual implications. Examining previously unstudied historical cases, Vincenti shows how engineering knowledge is obtained and, in the book's concluding chapters, presents a model to help explain the growth of such knowledge.
'Must' reading for all thoughtful engineers and historians of technology, and even for those physical scientists who wonder why engineers frequently act and think differently than do basic scientists
—American Scientist
The biggest contribution of Vincenti's splendidly crafted book may well be that it offers us a believably human image of the engineer.
—Technology Review
The biggest contribution of Vincenti's splendidly crafted book may well be that it offers us a believably human image of the engineer.
—Techology Review
—American Scientist
The biggest contribution of Vincenti's splendidly crafted book may well be that it offers us a believably human image of the engineer.
—Technology Review
The biggest contribution of Vincenti's splendidly crafted book may well be that it offers us a believably human image of the engineer.
—Techology Review
Walter G. Vincenti is professor emeritus of aeronautical engineering at Stanford university, past chairman of Stanford's Program in Values, Technolgy, Science, and Society, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780801839740 |
| ISBN 10 | 0801839742 |
| Title | What Engineers Know and How They Know It |
| Author | Walter G Vincenti |
| Series | Johns Hopkins Studies In The History Of Technology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Year published | 1990-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |