Engineering and the Liberal Arts

A Technologist's Guide to History, Literature, Philosophy, Art and Music

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  • From
  • the
  • author
  • who
  • inspired
  • inaugural
  • poet
  • Richard
  • Blanco!
  • Engineering
  • and
  • the
  • Liberal
  • Arts
  • remains
  • a
  • fresh
  • and
  • provocative
  • book,
  • using
  • the
  • familiar
  • world
  • of
  • technology
  • to
  • guide
  • a
  • new
  • generation
  • of
  • engineers
  • through
  • the
  • stimulating
  • world
  • of
  • the
  • liberal
  • arts.Beginning
  • with
  • a
  • penetrating
  • and
  • enlightening
  • discussion
  • of
  • how
  • exposure
  • to
  • the
  • arts
  • can
  • enrich
  • and
  • reward
  • nearly
  • every
  • aspect
  • of
  • an
  • engineer's
  • life,
  • Samuel
  • Florman—himself
  • a
  • decorated
  • engineer
  • with
  • over
  • fifty
  • years'
  • experience
  • in
  • the
  • field—boldly
  • explores
  • the
  • natural
  • relationship
  • between
  • liberal
  • arts
  • and
  • technology.
  • Sweeping
  • away
  • traditional
  • barriers
  • separating
  • the
  • two
  • fields,
  • Florman
  • establishes
  • a
  • rich
  • and
  • vital
  • communication
  • of
  • ideas
  • between
  • scientist
  • and
  • artist.By
  • linking
  • the
  • history
  • of
  • technology
  • to
  • world
  • history,
  • the
  • truth
  • of
  • science
  • to
  • philosophy,
  • utility
  • of
  • form
  • to
  • painting
  • and
  • sculpture,
  • and
  • the
  • world
  • of
  • view
  • of
  • the
  • engineer
  • to
  • literature,
  • Florman
  • builds
  • a
  • series
  • of
  • bridges
  • connecting
  • science
  • to
  • art.
  • A
  • complete
  • survey
  • of
  • the
  • arts
  • in
  • and
  • of
  • itself,
  • this
  • impressive
  • volume
  • constitutes
  • an
  • introduction
  • to
  • the
  • infinite
  • variety
  • of
  • pleasures
  • afforded
  • through
  • study
  • of
  • the
  • liberal
  • arts,
  • paving
  • the
  • way
  • to
  • a
  • richer,
  • fuller
  • life
  • for
  • the engineer.
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