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Flying Buttresses, Entropy, and O-Rings: The World of an Engineer (Reprint Edition) by James L. Adams Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1993 ISBN-10: 0-674-30689-9 / 0674306899 ISBN-13: 978-0-674-30689-9 / 9780674306899 James Adams begins with a history of technology and the engineering profession. The author next takes the reader on a guided tour of the engineer's world, beginning with design and invention - the part of engineering that generates new ideas. The next stop is in the field of mathematics, the discipl |