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The Existential Pleasures of Engineering
by Jeremy at 11:26 am EST, Dec 31, 2003 |
In a world where engineering plays an increasingly important role, one wonders about the exact nature of the engineering experience in our time. In this book, Samuel C. Florman expertly and perceptively explores how engineers think and feel about their profession, dispelling the myth that engineering is cold and passionless, and celebrating it as something vital and alive. |
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RE: The Existential Pleasures of Engineering
by norfzorf at 11:53 am EST, Jan 1, 2004 |
Jeremy wrote:^
"engineer" is one word with potential to turn up very interesting results book-wise that I've yet to think of checking. Probably the favorite engineer that I'm aware of is Daniel Hillis. He built a computer that could play tic tac toe out of tinker toys, has made the most sophisticated rolling ball clock, designed massively parallel computers... |
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