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100 1 _aBlockley, D. I.
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245 1 0 _aEngineering :
_ba very short introduction /
_cby David Blockley.
260 _aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2012.
300 _axiv, 135 p. :
_bill. ;
_c18 cm.
_ePB
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.
_94261
650 0 _aEngineering
_vPopular works.
_94262
830 0 _aVery short introductions ;
_v309.
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
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