A BRIEF HISTORY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING by Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, Joao Paulo Davim ( 9783319429144 )

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Title:

A BRIEF HISTORY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

By:

Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, Joao Paulo Davim

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£109.99
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ISBN 10:

3319429140

ISBN 13:

9783319429144

Publisher:

SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG

Pub. date:

13 August, 2016

Edition:

2017 ed.

Series:

Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology

Pages:

178

Synopsis:

What is mechanical engineering? What a mechanical engineering does? How did the mechanical engineering change through ages? What is the future of mechanical engineering? This book answers these questions in a lucid manner. It also provides a brief chronological history of landmark events and answers questions such as: When was steam engine invented? Where was first CNC machine developed? When did the era of additive manufacturing start? When did the marriage of mechanical and electronics give birth to discipline of mechatronics? This book informs and create interest on mechanical engineering in the general public and particular in students. It also helps to sensitize the engineering fraternity about the historical aspects of engineering. At the same time, it provides a common sense knowledge of mechanical engineering in a handy manner.

Illustrations:

21 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography

Publication:

Switzerland

Imprint:

Springer International Publishing AG

Returns:

Returnable

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