What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History: 11 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) - Softcover

Vincenti, Walter G. G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801845882 ISBN 13: 9780801845888

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993

Synopsis

To solve their design problems engineers draw in a vast body of knowledge about how things work. This problem-solving knowledge may appear mundane or derivative from science, but in What Engineers Know and How They Know It Walter G. Vincenti shows how sophisticated and "internal" to engineering it really is-and how seemingly simple design requirements can have complex intellectual implications. Examining previously unstudied historical cases, Vincenti shows how engineering knowledge is obtained and, in the book's concluding chapters, presents a model to help explain the growth of such knowledge.

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About the Author

Walter G. Vincenti is professor emeritus of aeronautical engineering at Stanford university, past chairman of Stanford's Program in Values, Technology, Science, and Society, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

From the Back Cover

Examining previously unstudied historical cases, Vincenti shows how engineering knowledge is obtained and, in the book's concluding chapters, presents a model to help explain the growth of such knowledge.

Edition details

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801845882
• ISBN 13: 9780801845888
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336