&quote;All This Fun, and a Paycheck, Too?&quote; (eBook)

A Collection of Stories from a Long and Satisfying Engineering Career; Showing How Much Fun, Worthy, and Enriching a Technical Life Can Be.

Tom Clifford (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
166 Seiten
AuthorHouse (Verlag)
978-1-4918-2620-1 (ISBN)

Infos

The book is a collection of stories: assignments from a long and enjoyable engineering career as well as anecdotes and experiences from summer jobs, vacations, and consulting. The focus is technical; each little story pivots on some scientific principle. The intent is three-fold: a) genealogical: to capture descriptions of a lifetime of fun times and accomplishments for descendents who might be curious about old great-grandpa Tom; b) to inspire a next generation of youngsters to consider pursuit of engineering, science, and critical thought, as a door to a fruitful life; and c) to try to bridge that pervasive "e;boring and/or over-my-head"e; gap by showing that "e;engineering"e; concepts are essentially common-sense and intuitive (you learned them in kindergarten playground), and the jargon should not be off-putting. The book's message: Engineering/science can be fun; it happens every day and everywhere; a degree is not a prerequisite.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.11.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-4918-2620-7 / 1491826207
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4918-2620-1 / 9781491826201