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

Name: What Engineers Know and How They Know It By Walter G. Vincenti
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What Engineers Know and How They Know It by Walter G. Vincenti

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SeriesJohns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology

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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.

What Engineers Know and How They Know It Summary

What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History by Walter G. Vincenti

What Engineers Know and How They Know It Reviews

'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 *

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GOR003738118

ISBN 13

9780801845888

ISBN 10

0801845882

Title

What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History by Walter G. Vincenti

Author

Walter G. Vincenti

Series

Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Year published

1993-02-01

Number of pages

336

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N/A

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