Pressestimmen
"'Must' reading for all thoughtful engineers and historians of technology, and even for those physical scientists who wonder why engineers frequently act and think differently than do basic scientists."--'American Scientist' "The biggest contribution of Vincenti's splendidly crafted book may well be that it offers us a believably human image of the engineer."--'Technology Review'
Kurzbeschreibung
To solve their design problems, engineers draw on a vast body of knowledge about how things work. Examining previously unstudied historical cases, this author shows how engineering knowledge is obtained and presents a model to help explain the growth of such knowledge.