What Engineers Know and How They Know It by Walter G Vincenti

What Engineers Know and How They Know It by Walter G Vincenti

To solve their design problems, engineers draw on a vast body of knowledge about how things work. Examining previously unstudied historical cases, this author shows how engineering knowledge is obtained and 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 scientistsAmerican 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.

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ISBN 13	9780801845888
ISBN 10	0801845882
Titre	What Engineers Know and How They Know It
Auteur	Walter G Vincenti
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Johns Hopkins University Press
Année de publication	1993-02-01
Nombre de pages	336
Note de couverture	La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier.
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