Engineering: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
"A fantastic book. Full of stories that can be enjoyed by anybody who is interested in innovation and creativity." --Dame Wendy Hall, Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton"Deftly engineered. McCarthy challenges us all -- not just engineers -- to take responsibility for the ways in which we all increasingly engineer the world." --Carl Mitcham, Philosopher of technology and Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies at the Colorado School of Mines"A beautifully considered outlook on what engineers think about and do." --Igor Aleksander, Emeritus Professor of Neural Systems Engineering, Imperial College London"The best book of its kind. Bold and well informed, it works as an introduction to engineering for just about every conceivable audience."  --Steve Fuller, Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick and author of 'New Frontiers in Science and Technology Studies'"there are a plethora of people for whom this book would probably prove to be a mine of information." --Professional Engineering