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Written by America's most famous engineering storyteller and educator, this abecedarium 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, writing, talking and thinking about engineers and engineering, and range from brief essays to lists of great engineering 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.

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Book category Books in English Technology, engineering, agriculture Technology: general issues Engineering: general

• Full title: Engineer's Alphabet
• Subtitle: Gleanings from the Softer Side of a Profession
• Author: Henry Petroski
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 368
• EAN: 9781107015067
• ISBN: 1107015065
• ID: 04475306
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 382 g
• Dimensions: 152 × 185 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. October 2011

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