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The Engines of Our Ingenuity : An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity : An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture Paperback - 2003 - 1st Edition

by Lienhard, John H

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  • Title The Engines of Our Ingenuity : An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture
  • Author Lienhard, John H
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 262
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Date 2003-12-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 17266843-20
  • ISBN 9780195167313 / 0195167317
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.46 x 5.94 x 0.73 in (24.03 x 15.09 x 1.85 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Technology - Social aspects, Creative ability in technology
  • Dewey Decimal Code 303.483

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About the author

John Lienhard is the M.D. Anderson Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and History at the University of Houston. He is the author and host of "The Engines of Our Ingenuity," a daily radio essay on the history of creativity and invention, heard on many public radio stations. He is also the author of Inventing Modern: Growing up with X-Rays, Skyscrapers, and Tailfins. He lives in Houston, Texas.

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