1: From idea to reality
2: The age of gravity - time for work
3: The age of heat - you can't get something for nothing
4: The age of electromagnetism - the power of attraction
5: The age of information - getting smaller
6: The age of systems - risky futures
Glossary
Further reading
Professor Blockley is an engineer and an academic scientist. He has been Head of the Department of Civil Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Bristol. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Structural Engineers, and the Royal Society of Arts. He has written four other books including The Penguin Dictionary of Civil Engineering (2005).
Any engineer who has spent a few years out of the classroom can
benefit from reading this tiny volume as a refresher course on some
basic, yet key, concepts of engineering
*The Tech*
This concise book provides excellent references for further reading
and is an affordable, quick read to brush up on engineering history
and its modern-day application. It is even more powerful as a tool
for non-engineers to understand how intimately engineering
contributes to the quality of peoples' lives - and the consequences
of success or failure.
*Civil Engineering Journal*
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