The Art of Doing Science and Engineering - Learning to Learn (1997)
Front Cover Book Details
Author
Richard W. Hamming
Genre Engineering; Science
Publication Date 1997
Format Paperback ( x mm)
Publisher Gordon and Breach Science Publishers
Language English
Plot
Provides the reader with a style of thinking that will enhance a person's ability to function as a problem-solver of complex technical issues. Consists of a collection of stories about the author's participation in significant discoveries, relating how those discoveries came about and, most importantly, provides analysis about the thought processes and reasoning that took place as the author and his associates progressed through engineering problems.
Highly effective thinking is an art that engineers and scientists can be taught to develop. By presenting actual experiences and analyzing them as they are described, the author conveys the developmental thought processes employed and shows a style of thinking that leads to successful results is something that can be learned. Along with spectacular successes, the author also conveys how failures contributed to shaping the thought processes.
Personal Details
Collection Status Not In Collection
Store Barnes & Noble.com
Location Box 05
Purchase Price $30.35
Purchase Date 12/2/03
Condition Near Mint
Index 203
Owner Paulo Mendes
Read It No
Links URL
Collection # 00157D
Order # 52315513
Main Subject Engineering
Secondary Subject Science
Product Details
ISBN 9056995014
Edition 01
Printing 1
Country USA
Cover Price $31.95
Nr of Pages 364
First Edition Yes
Rare No