Masterworks of Technology: The Story of Creative Engineering, Architecture, and Design

In this absorbing exploration of technological creativity throughout the ages, E. E. Lewis, professor of mechanical engineering at Northwestern University, eloquently tells the story of how science and engineering-which had little in common until a few hundred years ago-came together to create the technological world of the 21st century. In vivid historical vignettes, the author skillfully demonstrates the importance of craft tradition, scientific method, production organization, economics,...