- 274 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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The Civilized Engineer
About this book
Civil engineer Samuel C. Florman's The Civilized Engineer is aimed at both those observing and commenting externally on engineering, and the practicing engineerāto reveal something of the art behind great engineering achievements, and to stimulate debate upon the author's hypothesis that "in its moment of ascendance, engineering is faced with the trivialization of its purpose and the debasement of its practice."
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Contents
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1. Concrete and Kafka: A Personal Overture
- 2. The Existential Pleasures of EngineeringāA Generation Later
- 3. Heritage: (1) From the Beginning
- 4. Heritage: (2) In the Age of Science
- 5. The Engineering View
- 6. Ethics: (1) Rhetoric and Good Intentions
- 7. Ethics: (2) Illusion and Change
- 8. Ethics: (3) Credo for a New Age
- 9. Loyalty, Or Why Engineering is Sometimes Like Baseball
- 10. Some Thoughts About IncomeāMonetary and Psychic
- 11. Educating the Public: Biting Off More Than We Can Chew
- 12. The Fall of RomeāAccording to the Press
- 13. The Fantasy of the Electronic Future
- 14. Down to the Sea in Print
- 15. Disasters and Decision-Making
- 16. The Deceptive Allure of Risk Analysis
- 17. Risk and the Loss of Challenger
- 18. The Civilized Engineer: (1) The Concept
- 19. The Civilized Engineer: (2) The People
- 20. The Civilized Engineer: (3) The Schooling
- 21. The Civilized Engineer: (4) Women
- 22. The Civilized Engineer: (5) Prospects for Change
- 23. Thoughts from the Dais: A Personal Coda
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- Also by Samuel C. Florman
- Copyright