What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History
Design IssuesPublished 1 January 1996
Peter Meiksins, Walter G. Vincenti
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To solve their design problems, engineers draw on a vast body of knowledge about how things work. Examining previously unstudied historical cases, this author shows how engineering knowledge is obtained and presents a model to help explain the growth of such knowledge.
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Social SciencesEngineering