The Things We Make
The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
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Jonathan Todd Ross
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Bill Hammack
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Discover the secret method used to build the world . . .
For millennia, humans have used one simple method to solve problems. Whether it's planting crops, building skyscrapers, developing photographs, or designing the first microchip, all creators follow the same steps to engineer progress. But this powerful method, the "engineering method", is an all but hidden process that few of us have heard of—let alone understand—but that influences every aspect of our lives.
Bill Hammack, a Carl Sagan Award-winning professor of engineering and viral "The Engineer Guy" on YouTube, has a lifelong passion for the things we make, and how we make them. Now, for the first time, he reveals the invisible method behind every invention and takes us on a whirlwind tour of how humans built the world we know today. From the grand stone arches of medieval cathedrals to the mundane modern soda can, Hammack explains the golden rule of thumb that underlies every new building technique, every technological advancement, and every creative solution that leads us one step closer to a better, more functional world. Spanning centuries and cultures, Hammack offers a fascinating perspective on how humans engineer solutions in a world full of problems.
©2023 Bill Hammack (P)2023 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
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Gesamt1 out of 5 stars
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Sprecher3 out of 5 stars
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Geschichte1 out of 5 stars
- Kindle-Kunde
- 12.01.2024
woke
he complains about white middle class men and cis gender people in a book about engineering. too woke.
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Gesamt5 out of 5 stars
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Sprecher5 out of 5 stars
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Geschichte5 out of 5 stars
- Ben Weiler
- 25.08.2023
Uplifting, Entertaining, Educational
Bill Hammack, known to most younger people as "The Engineer Guy" for his youtube channel that explains the engineering brilliance behind such mundane, everday things as the aluminum beverage can, disposable diapers, and ballpoint pens, delivers with this book another series of wonderful stories about how man-made objects were shaped by the minds of engineers.
In the further course of the narration, it deals with topics such as: how the goals of science and engineering differ from each other, how the expectations of the end user influence an design solution, how engineers cleverly manage constraints, the fact, that an engineering solution, contrary to how the narrative is usually spun, is rarely achieved by a single person, but a whole chain of discoveries building upon each other.
How entertaining can these subjects be presented, you ask?
This book has a chapter on statistics. It was one of my most despised subjects in school. I was so riveted by this chapter that I missed my train stop. It should be mentioned, deals with how one can derive the force of the strongest wind in 100 years time.
I gifted this book to three of my friends who all work in different fields, but who, it turns out, all use the engineer's mindset in their daily tasks and nothing else I have read so far will make you feel more appreciated for doing so.
Having Bill read the book himself would have been the icing on the cake, but as it stands, the chosen narrator is excellent also.
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