Engineering problem solving a classical perspective
Title:
Engineering problem solving a classical perspective
Author:
Shaw, Milton C. (Milton Clayton), 1915-2006.
ISBN:
9780815517047
9780815514473
9780815519898
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Norwich, N.Y. : Noyes Pub./William Andrew Pub., ©2001.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xix, 472 pages) : illustrations.
Series:
Materials science and process technology series. Electronic materials and process technology
Materials science and process technology series. Electronic materials and process technology.
General Note:
Companion to electronic version of: Dialogues concerning two new sciences / Galileo Galilei (Norwich, N.Y. : William Andrew, 2001).
Chiefly engineering problems; answers given on p. 453-466.
Includes indexes.
Contents:
What engineers do -- Rigid body mechanics -- Dimensional analysis -- Deformable body mechanics -- Fluid mechanics -- Aerodynamics: the boundary layer and flow separation -- Similitude -- Materials science -- Engineering materials -- Electrical engineering -- Thermal engineering -- Engineering design -- Engineering economics -- Engineering statistics -- Computers in engineering.
Abstract:
" ... revisits the development of engineering as a problem-solving profession, beginning from its origins in the classic text: Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences, by Galileo Galilei, originally published in 1638 ... discussions of passages from the Galileo text emphasize the roles played by experimentation and dialog in engineering analysis and creativity; that is, the 'mind' set of engineering. Throughout this book, the often-circuitous route taken in the development of new ideas is illustrated"--Page 4 of cover.
Electronic Access:
Knovel http://app.knovel.com/web/toc.v/cid:kpEPSACP02