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Engineering : a very short introduction / David Blockley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blockley, David, author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions.
- Very short introductions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 135 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Engineering is part of almost everything we do - from the water we drink and the food we eat, to the buildings we live in and the roads and railways we travel on. This book explores the nature and practice of engineering, its history, its scope, and its relationship with art, science and technology.
- Contents:
- From idea to reality
- The age of gravity : time for work
- The age of heat : you can't get something for nothing
- The age of electromagnetism : the power of attraction
- The age of information : getting smaller
- The age of systems : risky futures.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-163370-4
- 0-19-163369-0
- OCLC:
- 892340707
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