The Existential Pleasures of Engineering

Florman, Samuel C.

ISBN 10: 0312275463 / ISBN 13: 9780312275464

Published by Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 1976

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Very light shelf wear to wraps. The wraps / internal pages are lightly bowed through shelf wear. The frontispiece has a small embossed stamp to the bottom edge. The internal pages are clean and the binding is sound. A solid copy. Seller Inventory # t633

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Existential Pleasures of Engineering

Publisher: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr

Publication Date: 1976

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: First Edition

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Synopsis:

The Existential Pleasures of Engineering

Review:

"Gracefully written . . . refreshing and highly infectious enthusiasm . . . imaginatively engineered."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"A useful read for engineers given to self-scrutiny, and a stimulating one for the layman interested in the ancient schism between machines and men's souls."--"Time"
"An urbane, witty, intellectually far-ranging, large-spirited hymn to homo faber."--"The Wall Street Journal"
"Enchanting."--"The New Yorker"

Gracefully written . . . refreshing and highly infectious enthusiasm . . . imaginatively engineered. "The New York Times Book Review"

A useful read for engineers given to self-scrutiny, and a stimulating one for the layman interested in the ancient schism between machines and men's souls. "Time"

An urbane, witty, intellectually far-ranging, large-spirited hymn to homo faber. "The Wall Street Journal"

Enchanting. "The New Yorker""

Gracefully written . . . refreshing and highly infectious enthusiasm . . . imaginatively engineered. The New York Times Book Review

A useful read for engineers given to self-scrutiny, and a stimulating one for the layman interested in the ancient schism between machines and men's souls. Time

An urbane, witty, intellectually far-ranging, large-spirited hymn to homo faber. The Wall Street Journal

Enchanting. The New Yorker

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"Gracefully written . . . refreshing and highly infectious enthusiasm . . . imaginatively engineered." --The New York Times Book Review

"A useful read for engineers given to self-scrutiny, and a stimulating one for the layman interested in the ancient schism between machines and men's souls." --Time

"An urbane, witty, intellectually far-ranging, large-spirited hymn to homo faber." --The Wall Street Journal

"Enchanting." --The New Yorker