The Existential Pleasures of Engineering

by Samuel C. Florman

Overview

In a world where engineering plays an increasingly important role, one wonders about the exact nature of the engineering experience in our time. In this book, Florman expertly and perceptively explores how engineers think and feel about their profession, dispelling the myth that engineering is cold and passionless, and celebrating it as something vital and alive.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466842366
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/15/1996
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	409 KB

About the Author

Samuel C. Florman, a civil engineer, has also written The Civilized Engineer and Blaming Technology, in addition to The Introspective Engineer. He lives in New York State.

Editorial Reviews

Gracefully written . . . refreshing and highly infectious enthusiasm . . . imaginatively engineered.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A useful read for engineers given to self-scrutiny, and a stimulating one for the layman interested in the ancient schism between machines and men's souls.” —Time

“An urbane, witty, intellectually far-ranging, large-spirited hymn to homo faber.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Enchanting.” —The New Yorker

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