The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems (Deckle Edge) - Hardcover

Petroski, Henry

 
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Synopsis

"Poses compelling arguments about why the scientific community must work with engineers to address the world's most pressing environmental issues, explaining how engineering can offer solutions to structural and economic challenges. By the author of The Pencil."

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About the Author

Henry Petroski is the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University. The author of more than a dozen previous books, he lives in Durham, North Carolina, and Arrowsic, Maine.

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ISBN 10:  0307473503 ISBN 13:  9780307473509
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011
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