Masterworks of Technology: The Story of Creative Engineering, Architecture, and Design

by Elmer E. Lewis

In this absorbing exploration of technological creativity throughout the ages, E. E. Lewis, professor of mechanical engineering at Northwestern University, eloquently tells the story of how science and engineering-which had little in common until a few hundred years ago-came together to create the technological world of the 21st century.In vivid historical vignettes, the author skillfully demonstrates the importance of craft tradition, scientific...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591022436
• ISBN13: 9781591022435
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

An intriguing, lively discussion

E.E. Lewis is a professor of mechanical engineering at Northwestern University, and in Masterworks of Technology: The Story of Creative Engineering, Architecture, and Design, provides both a review of the history of science and engineering, and a discussion of how two very different technological marvels came together in the 21st century. Individual chapters focus on evolving design, different training and perspectives in architect-engineers past and present, and how basic science has influenced a new world of creative engineering and design strategies. An intriguing, lively discussion and very highly recommended reading, especially for non-specialist general readers with an interest in science and technology..