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History of Engineering and Technology: Artful Methods
Product Description History of Engineering and Technology provides an illustrated history of engineered technology from the Stone Age to the Nuclear Age. looking at important areas of engineering and technology, this second edition contains: New contributions on o Airships and zeppelins o Highways and economics o Early hydroelectricity o Chemical engineering o Technology and history o Brunel and the Royal Navy o Stealth and the submarine o Computer history o Deepwater engineering o Science fiction and the evolution of modern engineering o Art and engineering o Electric motors, radio, and batteries Expansion of these existing chapters o Mining and the Location of Minerals o Water Distribution: Qanots to Acequias o Biomedical Engineering o Communication Engineering: Shannon to Satellites o Personalities and the Auto: Ford and Ferrari o Failures in Engineering: Chernobyl, Titanic, Tacoma Narrows, Challenger o Cold Fusion, Electric Cars, and Other "Humbug" This introductory book presents the persons, concepts, and events that made salient contributions to the engineering narrative, reporting a compelling story spanning millennia and encouraging a sense of history for its readers. Reader Reviews Although Mr. Garrison's text seems to be well-researched, it does not reflect the quality of workmanship one would expect of someone with his credentials. It reads more like a printed collection of notes intended to be used in preparation of a book than the intended finished product, especially the 2nd Edition of a prior publication. While appearing to be well-researched, the text is filled with grammatical and stylistic errors such as incomplete sentences, improper punctuation, mixed metaphors, incoherent mixing of units of measure, unknown or undefined abbreviations, non sequiturs, and a host of other errors that would support several weeks of discussion in a college expository or technical writing course. While I found the book generally informative, the frequency and nature of the stylistic problems makes for somewhat disjointed reading, and calls into question the quality of the underlying research. I would strongly suggest the publisher employ an editor, or at least a proofreader, and begin a 3rd Edition of this work. In its present form this edition is not a worthwhile addition to any serious engineering or history library, in my opinion. Comment | | (Report this)
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