An edition of Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing (1996)

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An edition of Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing (1996)

Invention by design

how engineers get from thought to thing

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This book explores the nature of engineering and technology through case studies of familiar objects, from paper clips and aluminum cans to airplanes and modern high-rise buildings. These real-world artifacts (some of which I have written about before) are approached here from a perspective designed to illuminate different facets of the engineering enterprise -- design, analysis, failure, economics, aesthetics, communications, politics, and quality control, to name but a few. The case studies also touch on a variety of engineering fields, including aeronautical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, manufacturing, mechanical, and structural engineering. - Preface.

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Harvard University Press
Language
English
Pages
242

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Subjects
Engineering design, Political aspects of Engineering design, Case studies, Social aspects of Engineering design, Social aspects, Political aspects, Inventions, Case Reports, Angewandte Kunst, Entwurf, Gerät, Kunst, Politik, Sozialer Wandel, Technik, Ästhetik, Fallstudiensammlung, Uitvindingen, Engenharia (projeto), Conception technique, Design

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Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
January 2001, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
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Invention by Design: How Engines Get from Thought to Thing
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Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
1998, Harvard University Press
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Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
1998, Harvard University Press
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1996, Harvard University Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Paper clips and design
Pencil points and analysis
Zippers and development
Aluminum cans and failure
Facsimile and networks
Airplanes and computers
Water and society --Bridges and politics
Buildings and systems

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-228) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
620/.0042
Library of Congress
TA174 .P4735 1996, TA174.P4735 1996

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
viii, 242 p.
Number of pages
242
Dimensions
24 x x inches

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL981624M
Internet Archive
inventionbydesig00petr
ISBN 10
0674463676
ISBN 13
9780674463677
LCCN
96019227
OCLC/WorldCat
34640793
Library Thing
175630
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1417001

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