LEADER 04230nam 22005895 450 001 9910377818403321 005 20200701094608.0 010 $a3-030-38257-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-38257-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000010480438 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-38257-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6126743 035 $a(PPN)242981887 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010480438 100 $a20200229d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCreativity, Problem Solving, and Aesthetics in Engineering $eToday's Engineers Turning Dreams into Reality /$fby David Blockley 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (XIII, 218 p. 47 illus., 30 illus. in color.) 311 $a3-030-38256-7 327 $aMaking -- Dwelling -- Moving -- Communicating -- Fighting -- Wellbeing -- Flourishing. 330 $aThis 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 of difference; 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. Sets out what engineering actually is; Demonstrates historically how knowing and doing have evolved hand in hand; Identifies and explores many of society?s grand challenges including climate change; Suggests five guiding principles that may help us to steer a way through a risky future; Rejuvenates Aristotle?s neglected notion of phronesis or practical wisdom ? the intellectual virtue of practical reasoning?for the current era. 606 $aTechnology?History 606 $aTechnical education 606 $aTechnology 606 $aTechnology?Sociological aspects 606 $aHistory of Technology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T29000 606 $aEngineering/Technology Education$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/O43000 606 $aPopular Science in Technology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q36000 606 $aScience and Technology Studies$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22270 615 0$aTechnology?History. 615 0$aTechnical education. 615 0$aTechnology. 615 0$aTechnology?Sociological aspects. 615 14$aHistory of Technology. 615 24$aEngineering/Technology Education. 615 24$aPopular Science in Technology. 615 24$aScience and Technology Studies. 676 $a620.001 700 $aBlockley$b David$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0763079 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910377818403321 996 $aCreativity, Problem Solving, and Aesthetics in Engineering$92280524 997 $aUNINA