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Carregando... Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thingde Henry Petroski
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. A little uneven. Ends rather abruptly. Great References and Further Reading section. Much interesting minutiae. Most important lessons I take from this work (so far) is looking at a problem from different angles and imagining how any single issue/system interacts with others. An excellent introductory book to Invention and Engineering. It seems fascinating to think, how simple a paper-clip could be iterated and had about 1000 patents. For every product, one could list the defects and then find a way to improvise it. Petroski walks you through paper-clips, pencil-point, zippers, aluminum cans, facsimile, airplanes, water and society, bridges and buildings. Engineering comes into the context of political, social, economic context too. He gives an example of SF bridge. My favorite chapter has been water and society. Worth giving a read to understand historical aspects of Engineering and invention --Deus Vult Gottfried sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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Engineering entails more than knowing the way things work. What do economics and ecology, aesthetics and ethics, have to do with the shape of a paper clip, the tab of a beverage can, the cabin design of a turbojet, or the course of a river? How do the idiosyncrasies of individual engineers, companies, and communities leave their mark on projects from Velcro to fax machines to waterworks? Invention by Design offers an insider's look at these political and cultural dimensions of design and development, production and construction.
This book explores the nature of engineering and technology through case studies of familiar objects, from paper clips and aluminum cans to airplanes and modern high-rise buildings. These real-world artifacts (some of which I have written about before) are approached here from a perspective designed to illuminate different facets of the engineering enterprise -- design, analysis, failure, economics, aesthetics, communications, politics, and quality control, to name but a few. The case studies also touch on a variety of engineering fields, including aeronautical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, manufacturing, mechanical, and structural engineering. - Preface. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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