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Creativity, Problem Solving, and Aesthetics in Engineering - Today's Engineers Turning Dreams into Reality (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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Creativity, Problem Solving, and Aesthetics in Engineering - Today's Engineers Turning Dreams into Reality (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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This book illuminates what engineering is and how it relates to
other disciplines such as art, architecture, law, economics,
science, technology, and even religion. The author explains, from
an intrinsic as well as descriptive perspective, why engineering is
essential for our collective well-being, and how, like medicine, it
is undertaken by people, and for people, to improve the human
condition. He brings out the 'magic' of engineering practice as
well as addressing the darker aspects such as warfare and the
misuse of the internet. A too commonly held view assumes that the
practice of engineers is a cold, purely quantitative and wholly
technical enterprise of applying know science, and devoid of
creativity or aestheticism. In 2013 the United States National
Academy of Engineering launched a campaign called "Changing the
Conversation, Messages for Improving Public Understanding of
Engineering" with four messages to impart about engineers: that
they make a world of difference; are creative problem solvers; that
they help shape the future, and are essential to health, happiness,
and safety. In this volume, Professor Blockley incorporate these
messages into an engaging exposition of engineering accomplishment
in all of its evolving diversity, from the technician to the
academic research engineer, illustrating the continuum of thinking
and purpose from the fixer of the gas boiler to the designers of
the A380 and the iPhone.
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