What Engineers Know and How They Know It : Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History (9780801845888)

To solve their design problems engineers draw in a vast body of knowledge about how things work. This problem-solving knowledge may appear mundane or derivative from science, but in What Engineers Know and How They Know It Walter G. Vincenti shows how sophisticated and "internal" to engineering it really is-and how seemingly simple design requirements can have complex intellectual implications. Examining previously unstudied historical cases, Vincenti shows how engineering knowledge is obtained and, in the book's concluding chapters, presents a model to help explain the growth of such knowledge.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 336 pages
• Dimensions 152 x 229 x 20mm | 454g
• Publication date 01 Feb 1993
• Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication City/Country Baltimore, MD, United States
• Language English
• Edition Statement Revised ed.
• Illustrations note 36 Illustrations, black and white
• ISBN10 0801845882
• ISBN13 9780801845888
• Bestsellers rank 257,617

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