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RECORD NUMBER: 12 OF 13Main Title | The essential engineer : why science alone will not solve our global problems / | |||||||||||
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Author | Petroski, Henry. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2010 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 373474478 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9780307272454 :; 0307272451 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Technological innovations--Popular works ; Engineering--Popular works ; Technology and civilization--Popular works ; Research--Popular works ; Problem solving--Popular works ; Science--Popular works | |||||||||||
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Edition | 1st ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | x, 274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-258) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Ubiquitous risk -- Engineering is rocket science -- Doctors and Dilberts -- Which comes first? -- Einstein the inventor -- Speed bumps -- Research and development -- Development and research -- Alternative energies -- Complex systems -- Two cultures -- Uncertain science and engineering -- Great achievements and grand challenges -- Prizing engineering. |