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History of Engineering and Technology provides an illustrated history of engineered technology from the Stone Age to the Nuclear Age. Examining important areas of engineering and technology, this second edition contains:New contributions onoAirships and zeppelinsoHighways and economicsoEarly hydroelectricityoChemical engineeringoTechnology and historyoBrunel and the Royal NavyoStealth and the submarineoComputer historyoDeepwater engineeringoScience fiction and the evolution of modern engineeringoArt and engineeringoElectric motors, radio, and batteriesExpansion of these existing chaptersoMining and the Location of MineralsoWater Distribution: Qanots to AcequiasoBiomedical EngineeringoCommunication Engineering: Shannon to SatellitesoPersonalities and the Auto: Ford and FerrarioFailures in Engineering: Chernobyl, Titanic, Tacoma Narrows, ChallengeroCold Fusion, Electric Cars, and Other "Humbug"This introductory book presents the persons, concepts, and events that made salient contributions to the engineering narrative, reporting a compelling story spanning millennia and encouraging a sense of history for its readers. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

An interesting, but stylistically flawed, survey text.
Although Mr. Garrison's text seems to be well-researched, it does not reflect the quality of workmanship one would expect of someone with his credentials. It reads more like a printed collection of notes intended tobe used in preparation of a book than the intended finished product,especially the 2nd Edition of a prior publication.

While appearing to bewell-researched, the text is filled with grammatical and stylistic errorssuch as incomplete sentences, improper punctuation, mixed metaphors,incoherent mixing of units of measure, unknown or undefined abbreviations,non sequiturs, and a host of other errors that would support several weeksof discussion in a college expository or technical writing course.

WhileI found the book generally informative, the frequency and nature of thestylistic problems makes for somewhat disjointed reading, and calls intoquestion the quality of the underlying research. I would strongly suggestthe publisher employ an editor, or at least a proofreader, and begin a 3rdEdition of this work. In its present form this edition is not a worthwhileaddition to any serious engineering or history library, in my opinion. ... Read more