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Blockley, David

 
9780199578696: Engineering: A Very Short Introduction
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ISBN 10: 0199578699 ISBN 13: 9780199578696
Editorial: OUP Oxford, 2012

Sinopsis

Engineering is part of almost everything we do - from the water we drink and the food we eat, to the buildings we live in and the roads and railways we travel on. In this Very Short Introduction, David Blockley explores the nature and practice of engineering, its history, its scope, and its relationship with art, craft, science, and technology. He considers the role of engineering in the modern world, demonstrating its need to provide both practical and socially acceptable solutions, and explores how engineers use natural phenomena to embrace human needs.

From its early roots starting with Archimedes to some of the great figures of engineering such as Brunel and Marconi, right up to the modern day, he also looks at some of its challenges - when things go wrong - such as at Chernobyl. Ultimately, he shows how engineering is intimately part of who and what we are.

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Professor Blockley is an engineer and an academic scientist. He has been Head of the Department of Civil Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Bristol. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Structural Engineers, and the Royal Society of Arts. He has written four other books including The Penguin Dictionary of Civil Engineering (2005).


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Editorial
OUP Oxford
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0199578699
ISBN 13 
9780199578696
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
160
Contacto del fabricante
Oxford University Press
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