Title:
A user's guide to engineering
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Publication Information:
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2006
ISBN:
9780131480254
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Summary
Summary
With an informal and engaging writing style, A User's Guide to Engineering is an exploration of the world of engineering for future and current engineers. An important feature of this guide is the collection of engineering case studies which present stories of engineers faced with challenges that can be solved by applying the fundamental ideas presented in the book.
Table of Contents
| Part I Discovering EngineeringChapter |
| 1 About Discovering Engineering |
| 1.1 IntroductionFocus On Choosing Engineering: So Why Did You Become an Engineer? |
| 1.2 Welcome to Engineering |
| 1.3 How to Discover Engineering Focus On Diversity in Engineering: The Real McCoy? |
| 1.4 Engineering Education: What You Should Expect |
| 1.4.1 Eaton's first rule: "" ... make practical applications of all the sciences ..."" |
| 1.4.2 Eaton's second rule: ""... take the place of the teacher ... [in] exercises."" |
| 1.4.3 Eaton's third rule: ""... attend |
