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Summary:

In Engineering and the Mind's Eye, Ferguson discusses the nature of engineering design and traces the development of visual and other nonverbal thinking, offering examples of how engineers and other technologists have used such strategies since the Renaissance. Accompanying these examples, and demonstrating the ways in which engineers have shared their knowledge, is a parallel text of illustrations showing how visual thinking has been expressed over the past five centuries. Ferguson concludes his provocative account by arguing that engineering education since 1945 has been skewed toward analytical techniques - which are easiest to teach and evaluate - and away from the art of engineering design as taught by experienced engineers.

Table of Contents:

• The nature of engineering design
• The mind's eye
• Origins of modern engineering
• The tools of visualization
• The development and dissemination of engineering knowledge
• The making of an engineer
• The gap between promise and performance.

Author/Creator:

Ferguson, Eugene S. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Engineering and the mind's eye [by Ferguson, E.S.]

Subjects:

Engineering

Engineering design

Creative thinking

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-234) and index.

Physical Description:

xiv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Call Numbers:

TA145 .F37 1994

ISBNs:

026256078X
9780262560788 (pbk., alk. paper)
0262061473
9780262061476 (hc, paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

91042833

OCLC Numbers:

51100682