In a world where Engineering plays an increasingly important role, one wonders about the exact nature of the Engineering experience in our time.
Opposing the anti-technology stance, Florman gives readers a practical, creative, and even amusing philosophy of Engineering that boasts of pride in his craft..
Indeed, Florman celebrates Engineering not only crucial and fundamental but also vital and alive; he views it as a response to some of our deepest impulses, an endeavor rich in spiritual and sensual rewards.
A deeply insightful and refreshingly unique text, this book corrects the myth that Engineering is cold and passionless.
In this second edition of his popular Existential Pleasures of Engineering , Samuel Florman explores how engineers think and feel about their profession.
In the process, they have remade the fabric of the world into newly functional objects that are also works of art to be admired.
Humans have always sought to change their environment--building houses, monuments, temples, and roads.
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.
In a world where Engineering plays an increasingly important role, one wonders about the exact nature of the Engineering experience in our time
