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020			_a9780199578696(pbk)
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082	0	4	_a620.002 _bBLO-E 2012 6151
100	1		_aBlockley, D. I.
245	1		_aEngineering : _ba very short introduction / _cby David Blockley.
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2012.
300			_axiv, 135 p. : _bill. ; _c18 cm.
490	1		_aVery short introductions ; _v309
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 119-129) and index.
505	0		_aFrom idea to reality -- The age of gravity : time for work -- The age of heat : you can't get something for nothing -- The age of electromagnetism : the power of attraction -- The age of information : getting smaller -- The age of systems : risky futures.
520			_aEngineering is part of almost everything we do, from the water we drink and the food we eat to the buildings we live in and the roads and railways we travel on. This book explores the nature and practice of engineering, its history, its scope, and its relationship with art, science, and technology.
650		0	_aEngineering.
650		0	_aEngineering _vPopular works.
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