What Engineers Know and How They Know It - Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History (Paperback, New Ed)

To solve their design problems engineers draw in a vast body of knowledge about how things work. This problem-solving knowledge may appear mundane or derivative from science, but in What Engineers Know and How They Know It Walter G. Vincenti shows how sophisticated and "internal" to engineering it really is-and how seemingly simple design requirements can have complex intellectual implications. Examining previously unstudied historical cases, Vincenti shows how engineering knowledge is obtained and, in the book's concluding chapters, presents a model to help explain the growth of such knowledge.

General

Imprint:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
Release date:	March 1993
First published:	1990
Authors:	Walter G. Vincenti
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	326
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8018-4588-8
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > History of engineering & technology Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Aerospace & aviation technology > General Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Materials science > Mechanics of fluids > Aerodynamics
LSN:	0-8018-4588-2
Barcode:	9780801845888

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