01542nam a2200205 a 4500001001400000003000700014005001700021008004100038020002900079020002600108040000800134100002000142245009500162260006100257300003500318500085200353504005001205650004101255650004001296vtls000060286KUKTEM20251117145525.0120525t2011    enka     b    001 0 eng d  a9781107015067 (hardback)  a1107015065 (hardback)  aUMP1 aPetroski, Henry13aAn engineer's alphabet :bgleanings from the softer side of a profession /cHenry Petroski  aEngland ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2011  aviii, 360 p. :bill. ;c19 cm.  a"Written by America’s most famous engineering storyteller and educator, this abecedarian is one engineer’s selection of thoughts, quotations, anecdotes, facts, trivia, and arcana relating to the practice, history, culture, and traditions of his profession. The entries reflect decades of reading. writting, talking, and thinking about engineers and engineering, and range from brief essays to lists of great engineereing achievements. This work is organized alphabetically and more like a dictionary than an encyclopedia. It is not intended to be read from first page to last, but rather to be dipped into here and there as the mood strikes the reader. In time, it is hoped, this book should become the source to which readers go first when they encounter a vague or obscure reference to the softer side of engineering"-- Provided by publisher  aIncludes bibliographical references and index 0aEngineeringxPhilosophyvMiscellanea 0aTechnologyxPhilosophyvMiscellanea