The existential pleasures of engineering
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Press, ©1994Edition: 2nd edDescription: xviii, 205 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780312141042
- 601 FLO-E
- TA157 .F57 1996
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"With four additional chapters from Blaming technology and The civilized engineer."
"First St. Martin's Griffin edition"--T.p. verso.
This book includes bibliographical references.
Part One: 1. "What was Troy to this?" 2. Decline and fall 3. Conscience, error and responsibility Part Two: 4. Antitechnology 5. "I refute it thus" 6. A dangerous delusion Part Three: 7. Of dullards and demigods 8. Toward an existential philosophy of engineering 9. The existential engineer 10. "Look long on an engine. It is sweet to the eyes." 11. "Then was I carried beyond pleasure." Postscript: 12. Small is dubious 13. Women and engineering 14. The engineering view 15. Technology and the tragic view
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