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020 $a9780199578696
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050 00 $aTA148$b.B59 2012
082 04 $a620.002$223
100 1 $aBlockley, D. I.
245 10 $aEngineering :$ba very short introduction /$cDavid Blockley.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2012.
300 $axiv, 135 p. :$bill. ;$c18 cm.
490 1 $aVery short introductions ;$v309
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 119-129) and index.
505 0 $aFrom idea to reality -- The age of gravity : time for work -- The age of heat : you can't get something for nothing -- The age of electromagnetism : the power of attraction -- The age of information : getting smaller -- The age of systems : risky futures.
520 $aEngineering is part of almost everything we do, from the water we drink and the food we eat to the buildings we live in and the roads and railways we travel on. This book explores the nature and practice of engineering, its history, its scope, and its relationship with art, science, and technology.
650 0 $aEngineering.
650 0 $aEngineering$vPopular works.
830 0 $aVery short introductions ;$v309.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1318/2011945248-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1318/2011945248-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1318/2011945248-t.html