The engines of our ingenuity : an engineer looks at technology and culture / John H. Lienhard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lienhard, John H., 1930-

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Creative ability in technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p. ) 45 halftones & 23 line illus.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the nature of creativity in engineering and technology, and how it relates to creativity in art or science. John H. Lienhard uses selected segments of his radio show to create a continuous narrative presenting his insights.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

1 Mirrored by Our Machines

2 God, the Master Craftsman

3 Looking Inside the Inventive Mind

4 The Common Place

5 Science Marries into the Family

6 Industrial Revolution

7 Inventing America

8 Taking Flight

9 Attitudes and Technological Change

10 War and Other Ways to Kill People

11 Major Landmarks

12 Systems, Design, and Production

13 Heroic Materialism

14 Who Got There First

15 Ever-Present Dangers

16 Technology and Literature

17 Being There

Correlation of the Text with the Radio Program

Notes

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-756548-4

9786610840816

1-280-84081-1

0-19-803103-3

OCLC:

428980470