The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture

John H. Lienhard IV

ISBN 10: 0195135830 / ISBN 13: 9780195135831

Published by Oxford University Press, 2000

About this Item

Second printing, with number line down to 2. Inscribed by author (John Lienhard) on title page: "for Margaret Clark / a Good teacher" and then signed by the author. Otherwise, inside is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has some shelf wear.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1708805758863

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195135830
• ISBN 13: 9780195135831
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This book explores the very nature of creativity in ngineering and technology, and how it relates to creativity in art or science. Lienhard has for 10 years done a twice weekly radio show, consisting of three minute essays on technology. He uses the substance of selected segments of his radio programme to create a continuos narrative presenting his insights into technological creativity.

About the Authors

John Lienhard is M.D. Anderson Professor of Mechanical Engineering and History at the University of Houston. He has worked as an engineer and educator since 1951, and is known for his work in the thermal sciences. He has also worked actively in history since 1970s. He is the author and host of "The Engines of Our Ingenuity," a daily essay on creativity produced by KUHF-FM Houston and heard nationally on Public Radio. He lives in Houston, Texas.


John Lienhard is M.D. Anderson Professor of Mechanical Engineering and History at the University of Houston.