The Introspective Engineer

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  • An
  • exciting
  • look
  • at
  • how
  • engineering
  • can
  • shape
  • the
  • future
  • of
  • our
  • society
  • and
  • offer
  • creative
  • technological
  • solutions
  • to
  • our
  • twenty-first–century
  • problems.The
  • profession
  • of
  • engineering
  • is
  • rarely
  • the
  • topic
  • of
  • serious
  • public
  • discussion.
  • Multimedia,
  • virtual
  • reality,
  • information
  • superhighway-these
  • are
  • the
  • buzzwords
  • of
  • the
  • day.
  • But
  • real
  • engineers,
  • the
  • people
  • who
  • conceive
  • of
  • computers
  • and
  • oversee
  • their
  • manufacture,
  • the
  • people
  • who
  • design
  • and
  • build
  • information
  • systems,
  • cars,
  • bridges,
  • and
  • airplanes,
  • labor
  • in
  • obscurity.
  • There
  • are
  • no
  • engineering
  • heroes,
  • and
  • we
  • as
  • a
  • society
  • are
  • poorer
  • for
  • this.Like
  • Florman’s
  • landmark
  • book,
  • The
  • Existential
  • Pleasures
  • of
  • Engineering,
  • The
  • Introspective
  • Engineer
  • is
  • a
  • clarion
  • call
  • to
  • society.
  • We
  • must
  • awaken
  • to
  • the
  • reality
  • that
  • the
  • quality
  • of
  • human
  • life
  • depends
  • on
  • increasingly
  • creative
  • technological
  • solutions
  • to
  • the
  • problems
  • we
  • face.
  • We
  • need
  • cleaner,
  • more
  • economical
  • engines,
  • faster
  • computers,
  • more
  • power,
  • and
  • a
  • healthier
  • planet
  • if
  • we
  • are
  • to
  • survive.
  • It
  • is
  • engineers
  • who
  • will
  • lead
  • us
  • to
  • this
  • future.“The
  • Introspective
  • Engineer
  • is
  • thought-provoking,
  • highly
  • readable,
  • and
  • delightful.”
  • —ASEE
  • PRISM“Here,
  • in
  • a
  • rare
  • combination
  • of
  • intelligence,
  • broad
  • experience,
  • and
  • writing
  • of
  • style
  • and
  • wit,
  • is
  • an
  • examination
  • of
  • the
  • engineering
  • profession
  • today
  • and
  • the
  • nature
  • of
  • engineers
  • themselves.
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • One
  • can
  • only
  • wish
  • others
  • had
  • such
  • vision.”
  • —Engineers
  • Quarterly“Samuel
  • Florman
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • has
  • provided
  • another
  • elegant
  • and
  • insightful
  • look
  • into
  • engineering.
  • In
  • case
  • you
  • haven’t
  • read
  • any
  • of
  • Florman’s
  • books
  • yet,
  • I
  • encourage
  • you
  • to
  • do
  • so
  • as
  • he
  • is
  • one
  • of
  • engineering’s
  • most
  • articulate
  • and
  • thoughtful
  • authors.”
  • —Journal
  • of
  • Engineering Education
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