Introduction to Engineering - Softcover

Wright, Paul H.

 
9780471579304: Introduction to Engineering

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This book is also available through the Introductory Engineering Custom Publishing System. If you are interested in creating a course-pack that includes chapters from this book, you can get further information by calling 212-850-6272 or sending email inquiries to engineer&atsign;jwiley.com. Examines the roots of engineering through its modern development. Describes functions and career paths for various branches of engineering, professional responsibilities, ethics, purpose and importance of engineering societies. Discusses engineering design methods along with techniques commonly used to solve problems. Provides recommended procedures for handling engineering data. Includes two case studies, one of which deals with the circumstances and events leading to the space shuttle Challenger accident.

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A textbook introducing engineering as a general subject not concerned with the math and techniques of the discipline. For beginning college and advanced secondary school students. Lots of money for a small paperback with few typesetting complications. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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ISBN 10:  0471599980 ISBN 13:  9780471599982
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1994
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