
Engineering and the Liberal Arts
A Technologist's Guide to History, Literature, Philosophy, Art and Music
- 326 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Engineering and the Liberal Arts
A Technologist's Guide to History, Literature, Philosophy, Art and Music
About this book
From the author who inspired inaugural poet Richard Blanco!
Engineering and the Liberal Arts remains a fresh and provocative book, using the familiar world of technology to guide a new generation of engineers through the stimulating world of the liberal arts.
Beginning with a penetrating and enlightening discussion of how exposure to the arts can enrich and reward nearly every aspect of an engineer's life, Samuel Flormanâhimself a decorated engineer with over fifty years' experience in the fieldâboldly explores the natural relationship between liberal arts and technology. Sweeping away traditional barriers separating the two fields, Florman establishes a rich and vital communication of ideas between scientist and artist.
By linking the history of technology to world history, the truth of science to philosophy, utility of form to painting and sculpture, and the world of view of the engineer to literature, Florman builds a series of bridges connecting science to art. A complete survey of the arts in and of itself, this impressive volume constitutes an introduction to the infinite variety of pleasures afforded through study of the liberal arts, paving the way to a richer, fuller life for the engineer.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Dedication
- Note from the Author for the 2015 Edition
- Preface
- 1 The Civilized Engineer
- 2 The Bridge to History: The History of Technology
- 3 The World of History
- 4 The Bridge to Literature: The Engineer as a Protagonist in Fiction
- 5 The World of Literature
- 6 The Bridge to Philosophy: The Truth of Science
- 7 The World of Philosophy
- 8 The Bridge to The Fine Arts: Utility and Beauty
- 9 The World of the Fine Arts
- 10 The Bridge to Music: Sound as Environment
- 11 The World of Music
- Notes
- Index
- Subject Index
- Also by Samuel C. Florman
- About the Author
- Praise for Olmstead AwardâWinning Author Samuel C. Florman
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- Contents
- Copyright