How Engineers Create the World: The Public Radio Commentaries of Bill Hammack (The Complete Collection)

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Author: Bill Hammack ISBN: 9780983966111
Publisher: Articulate Noise Books Publication: November 15, 2011
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Bill Hammack
ISBN: 9780983966111
Publisher: Articulate Noise Books
Publication: November 15, 2011
Imprint:
Language: English
In over 200 delightful short essays Bill captures the creativity andimpact of engineers. He talks of their spectacular achievements -jets, satellites, skyscrapers, and fiber optics - but draws hisdeepest insights from the everyday, the quotidian. He finds beauty,elegance and meaning in Ferris wheels, Tupperware, Slinkys, moodrings, waterless urinals and Velcro. Delivered originally on publicradio between 1999 and 2006, each essay is a small slice of the worldcreated by engineers. The essays also illuminate and inform about theimportant topics of our day by showing how intertwined engineering andtechnology are with terrorism, security, intellectual property and ourcultural legacy.
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In over 200 delightful short essays Bill captures the creativity andimpact of engineers. He talks of their spectacular achievements -jets, satellites, skyscrapers, and fiber optics - but draws hisdeepest insights from the everyday, the quotidian. He finds beauty,elegance and meaning in Ferris wheels, Tupperware, Slinkys, moodrings, waterless urinals and Velcro. Delivered originally on publicradio between 1999 and 2006, each essay is a small slice of the worldcreated by engineers. The essays also illuminate and inform about theimportant topics of our day by showing how intertwined engineering andtechnology are with terrorism, security, intellectual property and ourcultural legacy.

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