عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
T14.5 .L52 2003
T14
.
5
.
L52
2003
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0195167317
(Number (ISBN
9780195167313
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b700060
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The engines of our ingenuity :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
an engineer looks at technology and culture /
First Statement of Responsibility
John H. Lienhard.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003, ©2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
viii, 262 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations . ;
Dimensions
24 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2003"--Title page verso.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Mirrored by our machines -- God, the master craftsman -- Looking inside the inventive mind -- Common place -- Science marries into the family -- Industrial revolution -- Inventing America -- Taking flight -- Attitudes and technological change -- War and other ways to kill people -- Major landmarks -- Systems, design, and production -- Heroic materialism -- Who got there first -- Ever-present dangers -- Technology and literature -- Being there.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Millions of people have listened to John H. Lienhard's radio program "The Engines of Our Ingenuity." In this fascinating book, Leinhard gathers his reflections on the nature of technology, culture, and human inventiveness. Lienhard illustrates his themes through inventors, mathematicians, and engineers -- with stories of the canoe, the DC-3, the Hoover Dam, the diode, and the sewing machine. ... We gain new insight as to who we are, through the familiar machines and technologies that are central to our lives." --back cover.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Creative ability in technology.
Technology-- Social aspects.
Creative ability in technology.
Technology-- Social aspects.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
303
.
483
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
T14
.
5
Book number
.
L52
2003
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Lienhard, John H.,1930-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201207154800.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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