Resource Tag: General Audience
The nature of technology: what it is and how it evolves
Questions -- Combination and structure -- Phenomena -- Domains, or worlds entered for what can be accomplished there -- Engineering…
Existential Pleasures of Engineering, The
Humans have always sought to change their environment--building houses, monuments, temples, and roads. In the process, they have remade the…
To forgive design: understanding failure
Argues that failures in structural engineering are not necessarily due to the physical design of the structures, but instead a…
The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture
Millions of people have listened to John H. Lienhard's radio program "The Engines of Our Ingenuity." In this fascinating book,…