Getting sued, and other tales of the engineering life
Select Format
Select Condition 
Book Overview
President of Earth Sciences Associates in Palo Alto and a consulting professor at Stanford University, Richard Meehan's career has taken him from MIT to the Andes of central Chile and to northeast... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262131676
ISBN13:9780262131674
Release Date:January 1981
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Customer Reviews
1 rating
A thought provoking but Light Read on values and engineering
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
This book is a collection of anecdotal autobiographical sketches from the author's career and education. Its primary thesis is the importance of a liberal arts education as a preparation for the real issues an engineer will experience in his career. The author does not portray himself as a saint, but as a normal human trying to understand the situations in which he finds himself. In many ways these are situations are created by the clash of differing cultural value systems. It also examines in some thought provoking detail the educational values provided by an engineering education across generations. The author is a civil engineer, but the issues apply to any profession, not just engineering. One can read this just for the story-telling (Meehan is a great tale-weaver), or reread it for the reflections it provokes about one's own experiences
Copyright © 2025 Thriftbooks.com
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
