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020			_a9780199578696
082			_a620.002 BLO-E
100			_aD I Blockley
245			_aEngineering: A Very Short Introduction
260			_aOxford ; New York _bOxford University Press _c2012
300			_a xiv, 135 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
490			_aVery short introductions, 309.
505			_a 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.
520			_aEngineering is part of almost everything we do--from the buildings we live in and the roads and railways we travel on, to the telephones and computers we use to communicate and the X-ray machines that help doctors diagnose diseases. In this Very Short Introduction, David Blockley explores the nature and practice of engineering--its history, its scope, and its relationship with art, craft, science, and technology. He begins with its early roots, ranging from Archimedes to some of the great figures of engineering such as Brunel and Marconi, right up to the modern day, describing the five ages of engineering--gravity, heat, electromagnetism, information, and systems--and showing how they relate to one another. Blockley discusses some of engineering\\\'s great achievements as well as its great disasters--such as when things went catastrophically wrong at Chernobyl--using examples of everyday tools to reveal how engineering actually works. He also looks at some of the contributions engineers will have to make in the future in order to sustain and promote human well-being.
650			_aEngineering. Engineering --Popular works.
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