EAN: 9783030382599

CREATIVITY PROBLEM SOLVING AND AESTHETICS IN EN...

This book illuminates what engineering is and how it relates to other disciplines such as art 
architecture  law  economics  science  technology  and even religion. The author explains  from
an intrinsic as well as descriptive perspective  why engineering is essential for our
collective well-being  and how  like medicine  it is undertaken by people  and for people  to
improve the human condition. He brings out the 'magic' of engineering practice as well as
addressing the darker aspects such as warfare and the misuse of the internet. A too commonly
held view assumes that the practice of engineers is a cold  purely quantitative and wholly
technical enterprise of applying know science  and devoid of creativity or aestheticism. In
2013 the United States National Academy of Engineering launched a campaign called Changing the
Conversation  Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering with four messages to
impart about engineers: that they make a world ofdifference  are creative problem solvers  that
they help shape the future  and are essential to health  happiness  and safety. In this volume
Professor Blockley incorporate these messages into an engaging exposition of engineering
accomplishment in all of its evolving diversity  from the technician to the academic research
engineer  illustrating the continuum of thinking and purpose from the fixer of the gas boiler
to the designers of the A380 and the iPhone.

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