What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (611 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801845882 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Merritt Roe Smith, Series Editor.. Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. "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
a glimpse into engineering information gathering and use G W Thielman One commonly held view of the relationship between scientists and engineers assumes that the latter represent an applied form of the former. Vincenti shatters this notion by showing how engineers develop their knowledge and use that information in the context of the problems they solve. While engineers and scientists share in their formative education a curriculum heavily devoted to mathematics (at least through differential equations) and fu. Peter Gasparovic said interesting chapters from aeronautical history. As Prof. Vincenti points out in the preface, the people interested in the history of aviation may prefer to omit epistemological parts of the book. I must agree. The epistemological part (introduction of the book, introductions and conclusions of the chapters, 50 pages after the chapter 6) is too wordy to my taste. I can't say it isn't interesting (based on what I learned about differences between engineers and scientists I can say that I am . Vincenti shows the way technologies mature Andy Gibbons (gibbons@cc.usu.edu) I am an instructional technologist dealing a lot with the design and development of products in a young technology, computer-based instruction. My technology is in its youth compared to other technologies that have become essential to our social and economic operations. I am interested in knowing the stages my technology will go through and the types of knowledge it must accumulate as it matures, which seems certain, given current interest an
(Techology Review) . '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. (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. (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