How To Get Engineering Books For Free
Gracia Bradshaw
CE for Big Babies is the next step in continuing education, and putting you and your kids in the good graces of the General AI that is sure to take over the world. The book picks up where the original CE for Babies left off. And, like the first book, it's way too short with six pages.
Buttons are old and boring. You know what is new and exciting? Switches. Similar to the buttons in the first book, this book has nice large switches that kids can flip easily, have great tactile feedback, and are just fun!
When my oldest was a year old, he would demand that I hold him in the air so he could flip the light switches. Each time he flipped the switch, he would jerk his head around to check the room and confirm that the lights had successfully toggled. He would have done it for hours if my arms had the strength.
The book takes a coincell (CR2032) battery that is secured with a screw. The battery should last 5-10 years. To remove it, you can undo the flap in the back, remove the safety screw, and then slide the battery out with a plastic tool or if you have really grippy fingers.
If two of the internal pages are acting the same, then the most likely cause is that one of the holes didn't get punched out all the way. You should be able to just finish punching it out with a pencil.
The book is a great gift for kids and their parents. You should have some kind of affinity towards engineering to be able to appreciate it fully, though. Delivery was quick and customer service very accommodating, when I wanted to exchange the book with another.
Just like anybody else who participates in the ever changing landscape of technology, engineers have to read in order to stay in the know about the latest developments and practices in their specific engineering field.
Studying engineering is an exciting but challenging venture. Engineers must keep a broad and open mind, coupling this with rigour and analytical skills. Reading around your subject is a great way to encounter new ways of thinking, and to prepare to discuss these ideas in your applications to study Engineering at university. For students considering furthering their knowledge through our Oxford Summer Courses, this reading list is especially pertinent.
The following reading list contains the Engineering books that we think every aspiring Engineer should read. Each one will add something to your understanding and appreciation of Engineering! So, in no particular order:
This Engineering book has been read by countless people with an interest in engineering across the globe. Straightforward and relatively accessible, it is the perfect introduction for aspiring students. This will help ease some of the misunderstandings you may have about engineering, and answer meaningful questions that often get overlooked.
Engineering designs are heavily dependent on the materials available for use. Sustainability is increasingly important as our global society looks to address urgent environmental concerns. For example, steel and aluminium industries alone account for nearly 30% of global emissions. Governments are now setting emissions targets that rightfully require the engineering industry to reform its practices; the materials we use, and their life cycles, are changing. Serving two purposes, this book is both a wake up call to the environmental impact of engineering and a solutions manual. Not just for engineers, this is an interdisciplinary resource of information and inspiration for how to prevent climate change as a student.
Nature is breathtaking. Evolution is even more astounding. The solutions to many of the problems engineers face have in fact already been found and tested by nature. And so, this book argues, our task is to imitate nature by applying natural phenomena to our practical engineering problems. A gecko can scale vertical glass and walk on ceilings, thanks to the millions of bristles that each ramify into hundreds of further projections. This book discusses the work of nano-scientists looking to replicate this feature, among many other examples of scientists harnessing the beautiful solutions of nature.
This book explores the mind of Christ Hadfield, an astronaut and Chief of the International Space Station, who has worked to bring space science to a level accessible by the general population. Full of insights on life, love, commitment and the determination necessary to be an astronaut, this book will open up a whole new perspective on how to approach your studies and your career as an engineer.
Building on the same ideas of Success Through Failure, this book by Scott Adams gives further tricks and ideas to help you out of sticky situations where you might come across failure. Not just applicable to your engineering concerns, this will help the reader to navigate through life with resilience and the right attitude towards success and failure.
This is a paper written for the Physics Education journal by Holger Babinsky, a professor at the University of Cambridge. In this concise yet insightful paper, Babinksy explores the misconceptions around the solution to the title question, which features in almost all engineering educational settings globally. This paper requires confidence in fluid mechanics and physics, at a level typical of undergraduate students, in order to appreciate and grasp the concepts.
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In this video, I wanted to share some books I've read that could help you become a better leader, understand the product you're working on and understand people you're managing and dealing with daily. This video can be exciting to those thinking of shifting their career path from pure engineering to management.
The new path course is likely different from the one you were used to. This involves tons of communication with people, understanding emotions, intents, how colleagues work, what they want, what their boss wants, what they hope for, what they don't tell you or what your boss didn't tell you. This time you're dealing with people, not your beloved computer, and there'll be a lot of ambiguities, assumptions, and guestimations. The better you understand what situation you're in, the better you know tools you can rely on and how they work, there'll be way fewer guessings and assumptions and way more reasonable decisions made by you.
All these books are essential for beginners, and I'd say even advanced managers. It's never too late to learn new things or just refresh your memory. It's also likely you have heard and know all these things mentioned in this list, but putting everything on the correct shelves is also super important. You'll definitely find some "AH HA" moments, and that's great, and it means you're not totally a newbie.
My advice for you - think about yourself, identify your strengths and weaknesses. Grab a book from the list and eliminate your knowledge gaps as a manager one by one and strengthen the powers you already had!
Are you an engineer looking for some reading recommendations? Although not an exhaustive list of engineering books, in this blog we look at 10 books every engineer should have on their radar.
Regardless, of what engineering discipline you practice or how senior you are, all these books should prove useful and interesting if you work in the engineering profession. One of them may even inspire you to begin looking for a new position to revitalise your career.
By Donald Norman Non-Fiction 368 Pages
A book that is predominantly about product design, it was written many years ago yet still holds just as much importance today. It explains why things are designed the way they are and how to make products that are useful.
Written by cognitive scientist Donald Norman and since revised, it shows how purely aesthetic design can sometimes ruin how products work and emphasises the importance of user experience and functionality. Relevant for engineers involved in making anything, from a bridge to an app.
Although this book has a manufacturing focus, it will have any engineer thinking about efficiency and design. It focuses on the Theory of Constraints and bottlenecks but presents the information digestibly, as it is written as a piece of fiction.
The main character is Alex Rogo, who manages a production plant where schedules are a problem, and he is tasked with turning the operations around in only 90 days, or corporate HQ will close it down. It is especially relevant if you work in industry or manufacturing, but also if your role includes any type of process change and improvement.
This book looks at how engineers view their profession and the creative and practical philosophy of engineering. Engineering is often perceived as cold and void of passion, but this book shows the deep and rich rewards of the profession. Celebrating the fact that engineering is almost a primal instinct and that engineers build things with humanity in mind.
Ben Rich was the boss of the Skunk Works for nearly two decades and his book recounts the brilliant stories of the group, which inevitably tells countless stories of extraordinary engineering achievements, including the production of the F-117 stealth aircraft, which Rich oversaw.
Each chapter takes on a different theme and analyses case studies of failure and success, but the underlying theme of the book is the emphasis on the necessity to learn from past mistakes so as not to repeat them, and is thus an essential read for all engineers, no matter the discipline.
Designing a machine fit for the real world is not the same as the one solution there is to a mathematical problem. He emphasises the need for using real-world experience and practical thinking along with the ability to be creative and to portray solutions clearly.
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