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    How Engineers Think

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    "Engineers are titans of real-world problem-solving…In this riveting study of how they think, [Guru Madhavan] puts behind-the-scenes geniuses…center stage." —NatureIn this engaging account of innovative triumphs, Guru Madhavan examines the ways in which engineers throughout history created world-changing tools, from ATMs and ZIP codes to the digital camera and the disposable diaper. Equal parts ... En savoir plus

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  • Wicked Problems

    How to Engineer a Better World

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    An ode to systems engineers—whose invisible work undergirds our life—and an exploration of the wicked problems they tackle.Our world is filled with pernicious problems. How, for example, did novice pilots learn to fly without taking to the air and risking their lives? How should cities process mountains of waste without polluting the environment? Challenges that tangle personal, public, and ... En savoir plus

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  • Notes to a Young Engineer

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    Prompts to live by—for engineers, and for everyone living in the world engineers have made.In Notes to a Young Engineer, Guru Madhavan charts what it means to be an engineer in a human world—and a human in an engineered world. Organized around twelve maxims that move from technical mastery toward civic prudence, he summons an ensemble of engineers who turned their craft toward larger purposes: one ... En savoir plus

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    Ed Link and the Birth of Modern Aviation

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  • Making Better Choices

    Design, Decisions, and Democracy

    Systems engineering offers a set of capabilities and competencies to design and manage complex systems as they evolve. Drawing from social choice research and systems engineering practice, Making Better Choices examines how we make decisions together and the tools we use to arrive at those decisions. It takes a critical look at the rules and methods we apply to important decisions--from how we run ... En savoir plus

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  • Practicing Sustainability

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    Sustainability applies to everybody. But everybody applies it differently, by defining and shaping it differently—much as water is edged and shaped by its container. It is conceived in absolute terms but underpinned by a great diversity of relatively “green”—and sometimes contradictory—practices that can each make society only more or less sustainable. In Practicing Sustainability, chefs, poets, ... En savoir plus

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  • Engineering and Philosophy

    Reimagining Technology and Social Progress

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    Engineers love to build “things” and have an innate sense of wanting to help society. However, these desires are often not connected or developed through reflections on the complexities of philosophy, biology, economics, politics, environment, and culture. To guide future efforts and to best bring about human flourishment and a just world, Engineering and Philosophy: Reimagining Technology and ... En savoir plus

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    Applied Minds

    How Engineers Think

    par Guru Madhavan ...
    Lu par Sean Pratt ...

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    5 heure 22 min

    A journey inside the minds that build our world.Dubai's Burj Khalifa-the world’s tallest building-looks nothing like Microsoft’s Office Suite, and digital surround sound doesn’t work like a citywide telecommunication grid. Yet these engineering feats have much in common.Applied Minds explores the unique visions and mental tools of engineers to reveal the enormous-and often understated-influence ... En savoir plus

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    Wicked Problems

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    Our world is filled with pernicious problems. How, for example, did novice pilots learn to fly without taking to the air and risking their lives? How should cities process mountains of waste without polluting the environment? Challenges that tangle personal, public, and planetary aspects—often occurring in health care, infrastructure, business, and policy—are known as wicked problems, and they are ... En savoir plus

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