登入
選單
返回
Google圖書搜尋
How Engineers Create the World
William S. Hammack
其他書名
Thee Public Radio Commentaries of Bill Hammack
出版
Bill Hammack
, 2011-09-06
主題
Science / General
Technology & Engineering / General
Technology & Engineering / Engineering (General)
ISBN
0983966109
9780983966104
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=DdwlKhVudMkC&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
SAMPLE
註釋
In over 200 delightful short essays Bill captures the creativity and impact of engineers. He talks of their spectacular achievements - jets, satellites, skyscrapers, and fiber optics - but draws his deepest insights from the everyday, the quotidian. He finds beauty, elegance and meaning in Ferris wheels, Tupperware, Slinkys, mood rings, waterless urinals and Velcro. Delivered originally on public radio between 1999 and 2006, each essay is a small slice of the world created by engineers. The essays also illuminate and inform about the important topics of our day by showing how intertwined engineering and technology are with terrorism, security, intellectual property and our cultural legacy.