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Existential Pleasures of Engineering, The - Softcover

Florman, Samuel C.

 
9780312141042: Existential Pleasures of Engineering, The
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0312141041 ISBN 13: 9780312141042
Verlag: St. Martin's Griffin, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

Humans have always sought to change their environment--building houses, monuments, temples, and roads. In the process, they have remade the fabric of the world into newly functional objects that are also works of art to be admired. In this second edition of his popular Existential Pleasures of Engineering, Samuel Florman explores how engineers think and feel about their profession.

A deeply insightful and refreshingly unique text, this book corrects the myth that engineering is cold and passionless. Indeed, Florman celebrates engineering not only crucial and fundamental but also vital and alive; he views it as a response to some of our deepest impulses, an endeavor rich in spiritual and sensual rewards. Opposing the "anti-technology" stance, Florman gives readers a practical, creative, and even amusing philosophy of engineering that boasts of pride in his craft.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Samuel C. Florman, a civil engineer, has also written The Civilized Engineer and Blaming Technology, in addition to The Introspective Engineer. He lives in New York State.

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Verlag
St. Martin's Griffin
Erscheinungsdatum
1996
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0312141041
ISBN 13 
9780312141042
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
223
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