Engineering as a social enterprise / Hedy E. Sladovich, editor.

Other author Sladovich, Hedy E.
Other author Hollomon, J. Herbert (John Herbert)
Other author National Academy of Engineering. Meeting 1990 : Washington, D. C.)
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991.
Descriptionvii, 113 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents From deterministic dynamos to seamless-web systems / Thomas P. Hughes -- Cultural and sociotechnical values / Robert McC. Adams -- Business, consumers, and society-at-large : new demands and expectations / Marina v.N. Whitman -- Technology and government / John W. Fairclough -- The social function of engineering : a current assessment / George Bugliarello -- Pondering the unpredictability of the sociotechnical system / Robert W. Lucky -- Tribute to J. Herbert Hollomon / Roland W. Schmitt -- Engineering's great challenge : the 1960s / J. Herbert Hollomon.
General note"Papers presented during the 1990 Meeting of the National Academy of Engineering in a symposium dedicated to the memory of J. Herbert Hollomon."
General note"Presented ... during the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting ... 3 October 1990, in Washington, D.C."--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 91061730
ISBN0309044316

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks TA157 .E552 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold