Advanced Search Request a Book

ORDERS

Readings Orders 0

DEMANDS

Readings Demands 0

The Existential Pleasures Of Engineering
[Paperback - 2000]
samuel c. florman
On Demand
Availability in 6-8 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: $19.99
Our Price: Rs.3495 Rs.2971
Standard Discount: 15%
You Save: Rs.524
Category: Science
Publisher: St. Martins Griffin Usa | ISBN: 9780312141042 | Pages: 224
Shipping Weight: | Dimensions:

Description

Humans have always sought to change their environment--building houses, monuments, temples, and roads. In the process, they have remade the fabric of the world into newly functional objects that are also works of art to be admired. In this second edition of his popular Existential Pleasures of Engineering, Samuel Florman explores how engineers think and feel about their profession. A deeply insightful and refreshingly unique text, this book corrects the myth that engineering is cold and passionless. Indeed, Florman celebrates engineering not only crucial and fundamental but also vital and alive; he views it as a response to some of our deepest impulses, an endeavor rich in spiritual and sensual rewards. Opposing the anti-technology stance, Florman gives readers a practical, creative, and even amusing philosophy of engineering that boasts of pride in his craft.

About the Author

Samuel C. Florman, a civil engineer, has also written The Civilized Engineer and Blaming Technology, in addition to The Introspective Engineer. He lives in New York State.

Bestsellers in Science

View All
A Brief History Of Time
[Paperback - 1989]
stephen hawking
In Stock
List Price: £8.99
Our Price: Rs.1995 Rs.1795
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.200
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us And A Grander View Of Life
[Paperback - 2017]
ed yong
In Stock
List Price: £12.99
Our Price: Rs.2795
Guns, Germs And Steel: A Short History Of Everybody For The Last 13,000 Years (Winner Of The Pulitzer Prize For Non Fiction 1998)
[Paperback - 2005]
jared diamond
Out of Stock
Availability in 6-8 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £12.99
Our Price: Rs.3045 Rs.2740
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.305
A Short History Of Nearly Everything: A Journey Through Space And Time
[Paperback - 2016]
bill bryson
In Stock
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.2645
The God Equation: The Quest For A Theory Of Everything
[Paperback - 2022]
michio kaku
Out of Stock
Availability in 6-8 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2245 Rs.2020
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.225
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials Of Physics Explained By Its Most Brilliant Teacher
[Paperback - 2016]
richard p. feynman
Out of Stock
Availability in 6-8 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: $16.99
Our Price: Rs.3895 Rs.3505
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.390
The God Delusion (10th Anniversary Edition)
[Paperback - 2016]
richard dawkins
In Stock
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.2575 Rs.2317
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.258
The Biggest Ideas In The Universe: Space, Time And Motion (Book 1)
[Hardback - 2022]
sean carroll
On Demand
Availability in 6-8 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £16.99
Our Price: Rs.3395
The Order Of Time
[Paperback - 2019]
carlo rovelli
In Stock
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.2395 Rs.2155
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.240
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge And The Teachings Of Plants
[Paperback - 2020]
robin wall kimmerer
In Stock
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.2545 Rs.2290
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.255
The Structure Of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition
[Paperback - 2012]
thomas s. kuhn
Out of Stock
Availability in 6-8 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: $15
Our Price: Rs.4445 Rs.4000
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.445
Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman: Adventures Of A Curious Character
[Paperback - 2022]
richard p. feynman
On Demand
Availability in 6-8 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.2545 Rs.2163
Standard Discount: 15%
You Save: Rs.382