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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780312141042 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
NISER LIBRARY |
| Transcribing agency |
NISER LIBRARY |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
English |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
62:101 |
| Item number |
FLO-E |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Florman, Samuel C. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Existential pleasures of engineering |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
2nd ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
St. Martin's Griffin, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1996. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xviii, 205p. ; |
| Dimensions |
21 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-205). |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
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, feats to be not only used or experienced but admired and learned from. In this second edition of his popular Existential Pleasures of Engineering, Samuel Florman reports on how engineers think and feel about their profession.<br/><br/>An insightful and refreshingly unique text, this book corrects the myth that engineering is cold and passionless. Indeed, Florman celebrates engineering as every bit as vital, and every bit as alive, as it is crucial and fundamental; he views engineering 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 signals an ample degree of knowledge about—and pride in—his trade. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Engineering |
| General subdivision |
Philosophy |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Engineering |
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Psychological aspects |
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| Materials specified |
Reviews |
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1203186.The_Existential_Pleasures_of_Engineering?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=oO4cXrnqg1&rank=1#CommunityReviews">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1203186.The_Existential_Pleasures_of_Engineering?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=oO4cXrnqg1&rank=1#CommunityReviews</a> |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Popular Science |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Universal Decimal Classification |
