Overview
- Although there are some books on the History of Engineering, there is hardly a book presenting the history of mechanical engineering from the ancient period till today
- Salient features of mechanical engineering and its historical development
- Provides a vision for the future of mechanical engineering for educators
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology (MFMT)
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Book Title: A Brief History of Mechanical Engineering
Authors: Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, J. Paulo Davim
Series Title: Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42916-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-42914-4Published: 19 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82692-9Published: 14 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-42916-8Published: 13 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2195-0911
Series E-ISSN: 2195-092X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 178
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Mechanical Engineering, History of Science, Popular Science in Technology, Job Careers in Science and Engineering