tailieunhanh - ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLVING: A CLASSICAL PERSPECTIVE

In this day and age of ever-shorter time schedules and increasing expectations of productivity gains in every aspect of engineering activity, creative problem solving has become prominent among the most important skills that engineers possess. Unfortunately, in the day-to-day intensity of the search for new engineering solutions, it is easy to lose touch with the foundations of that creativity. This book and its companion, Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences, by Galileo Galilei, 1638, are intended to provide the working engineer a visit home to the foundations of the engineering profession. | ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLVING A CLASSICAL PERSPECTIVE by Milton C. Shaw Arizona State University Tempe Arizona NOYES PUBLICATIONS WILLIAM ANDREW PUBLISHING Norwich New York . Copyright 2001 by Noyes Publications No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the Publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 00-022003 ISBN 0-8155-1447-6 Printed in the United States Published in the United States of America by Noyes Publications William Andrew Publishing Norwich New York . 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shaw Milton Clayton 1915- Analytical engineering a classical perspective Milton C. Shaw. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8155-1447-6 1. Engineering mathematics. 2. Engineering--History. I. Title. TA330 .S47 2001 620 .001 51--dc21 00-022003 .