Flying Buttresses, Entropy, and O-Rings
The World of an Engineer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4022751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen H Cutcliffe, James L Adams (0000-0002-0008-7877) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 454 |
| Publication date | 1993-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3106570 |
| OpenAlex | W2015332392 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
Introduction 1. A Brief History of Technology The Underpinnings 2. Beyond the Calculator The Complexity of Engineering 3. The Origin of Problems The Pushes and Pulls 4. Design and Invention The Concept 5. Mathematics The Numerical Mystique 6. Science and Research The Basics 7. Development, Test, and Failure The Proof of the Pudding 8. Manufacturing and Assembly The Critical Art 9. Money and Business The Grease 10. Regulation The Painful Inevitability 11. Thinking Technology The Challenge for the Future Sources and Suggested Readings Acknowledgments Illustration Credits Index
Buttress · Forensic engineering · Structural engineering · Chaos, Complexity, and Education · Design Education and Practice · Engineering
Public Management
Engineering Cities
Foreign Policy Engineering
Picturephone and the Information Age
Dreams as Modifiers and Tests of Mental Schemas
Pedagogies of Engagement
Epistemic Practices of Engineering for Education
Affordances of engineering with English learners
The Nasa/DoD aerospace knowledge diffusion research project
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2021 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |