The Existential Pleasures of Engineering

Florman, Samuel C.

ISBN 10: 0312275463 / ISBN 13: 9780312275464

Published by Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 1976

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Very light shelf wear to wraps. The wraps / internal pages are lightly bowed through shelf wear. The frontispiece has a small embossed stamp to the bottom edge. The internal pages are clean and the binding is sound. A solid copy. Seller Inventory # t633

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Existential Pleasures of Engineering

Publisher: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr

Publication Date: 1976

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: First Edition

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Synopsis:

Humans have always sought to change their environment--building houses, monuments, temples, and roads. In the process, they have remade the fabric of the world into newly functional objects that are also works of art to be admired. In this second edition of his popular Existential Pleasures of Engineering, Samuel Florman explores how engineers think and feel about their profession.

A deeply insightful and refreshingly unique text, this book corrects the myth that engineering is cold and passionless. Indeed, Florman celebrates engineering not only crucial and fundamental but also vital and alive; he views it as a response to some of our deepest impulses, an endeavor rich in spiritual and sensual rewards. Opposing the "anti-technology" stance, Florman gives readers a practical, creative, and even amusing philosophy of engineering that boasts of pride in his craft.

Review:

...clear, erudite, and occasionally eloquent, a useful read for engineers given to self-scrutiny and a stimulating one for the layman interested in the ancient schism between machines and men's souls. -- Time Magazine