Engineering and the mind's eye /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
1994.
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| Edition: | 1st paperback ed. |
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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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 026256078X 9780262560788 0262061473 9780262061476 |