03508nam 2200625Ia 450 991045018150332120200520144314.01-281-34745-097866113474511-86094-598-8(CKB)1000000000032773(EBL)238330(OCoLC)475947774(SSID)ssj0000147517(PQKBManifestationID)11147998(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147517(PQKBWorkID)10013660(PQKB)10864731(MiAaPQ)EBC238330(WSP)0000P316(Au-PeEL)EBL238330(CaPaEBR)ebr10088367(CaONFJC)MIL134745(EXLCZ)99100000000003277320050131d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEngineering in time[electronic resource] the systematics of engineering history and its contemporary context /A.A. Harms, B.W. Baetz, R.R. VoltiLondon Imperial College Pressc20041 online resource (348 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-86094-433-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Acknowledgment; Contents; 1. About Engineering Identifying a Framework; 2. Prehistoric Engineering (~106 BP~104 BP) Primal Discovery of Devices; 3. Ancient Engineering (~8000 BCE~500 CE) Societal Interest in Devices; 4. Medieval Engineering (~500 CE~1400) Societal Promotion of Devices; 5. Renascent Engineering (~1400~1800) Organizing for Device Production; 6. Expansive Engineering (~1800~1940) Environmental Impact of Devices; 7. Modern Engineering (~1940~1990) Expanding Reach of Devices; 8. Contemporary Engineering (~1990~2000+) Prospects for Closure9. Nature: Emergence and Implications N(t) . E(t).· · ·10. Engineering: Patterns and Specializations N(t) . E(t) . D(t).· · ·; 11. Devices: Properties and Functions · · ·.E(t) . D(t) . S(t).· · ·; 12. Society: Involvement and Ramifications · · ·.D(t) . S(t) . R(t); 13. Repository: Inventory and Projections · · ·.S(t) . R(t); Appendices; Appendix A Symbolic Notation; Appendix B Time Coordinates; Appendix C Ancient Inventions; Appendix D Cyclic Representations; Appendix E Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorsEngineering represents an ordered activity of creative design andinventive manufacture of ingenious devices. Its practitioners havethereby stimulated individuals, enlivened communities, enrichedcivilizations, and contributed to the shaping of cultures. The authors of this innovative text develop a systematic framework forengineering in time, making extensive use of adaptive heterogeneousprogressions. When combined with considerations of feedback,feedforward, recursion, and branching, an evolving and comprehensivecharacterization of engineering becomes evident. It is in thisblending of chronoloEngineeringEngineeringHistoryElectronic books.Engineering.EngineeringHistory.620Harms A. A888034Baetz B. W(Brian W.)888035Volti Rudi476687MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450181503321Engineering in time1983611UNINA