Invention by Design
How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
About this book
This book explores the nature of engineering and technology through case studies of familiar objects, from paper clips and aluminum cans to airplanes and modern high-rise buildings. These real-world artifacts (some of which I have written about before) are approached here from a perspective designed to illuminate different facets of the engineering enterprise -- design, analysis, failure, economics, aesthetics, communications, politics, and quality control, to name but a few. The case studies also touch on a variety of engineering fields, including aeronautical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, manufacturing, mechanical, and structural engineering. - Preface.
Subjects
- angewandte kunst
- ästhetik
- case reports
- case studies
- conception technique
- design
- engenharia (projeto)
- engineering design
- entwurf
- fallstudiensammlung
- gerät
- inventions
- kunst
- political aspects
- political aspects of engineering design
- politik
- social aspects
- social aspects of engineering design
- sozialer wandel
- technik
- uitvindingen