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The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology

The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology

by JohnH.Lienhard (Author)

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    Hardcover 2000

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Synopsis

This book explores the very nature of creativity in ngineering and technology, and how it relates to creativity in art or science. Lienhard has for 10 years done a twice weekly radio show, consisting of three minute essays on technology. He uses the substance of selected segments of his radio programme to create a continuos narrative presenting his insights into technological creativity.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 272
 Edition: illustrated edition
 Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Published: 03 Aug 2000
ISBN 10: 0195135830
ISBN 13: 9780195135831

Author Bio

John Lienhard is M.D. Anderson Professor of Mechanical Engineering and History at the University of Houston. He has worked as an engineer and educator since 1951, and is known for his work in the thermal sciences. He has also worked actively in history since 1970s. He is the author and host of The Engines of Our Ingenuity, a daily essay on creativity produced by KUHF-FM Houston and heard nationally on Public Radio. He lives in Houston, Texas.