Engineers within a local and global society
Engineers, Technology and Society presents topics intended to aid the practicing engineer in reflecting upon the nature and purpose of their own practice within the engineering profession and how that is related to and implicated in social, economic and political issues. The series will include exte...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) :
Morgan & Claypool Publishers,
c2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Synthesis lectures on engineering, technology, and society ;
#2. |
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
Table of Contents:
- Choices as an engineer
- How responsible is engineering
- Engineering and society in the past
- The contemporary industrial revolution
- Global economic issues
- Public understanding of science and technology
- Alternative systems
- Case study: developing waste plastic/agave fibre ceiling panels in Lesotho, Africa
- Summing up.