Practically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Engineering, Technology and Architecture - Softcover

Gaither, C.C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750305940 ISBN 13: 9780750305945

Publisher: CRC Press, 1998

Synopsis

This book brings together over 1,100 quotes pertinent and illuminating to engineering, technology and architecture. It includes extensive author and subject indexes for locating quotations. The book can be read for entertainment or used as a handy reference by students and professional engineers.

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From the Back Cover

Practically Speaking is a book of quotations on engineering, technology and architecture. It brings together for the first time in one easily accessible form over 1100 quotes especially illuminating and pertinent to these disciplines. Here you will find quotations from the most famous to the unknown. Some are profound, some are witty, some are wise but none are frivolous. The extensive author and subject indexes provide you with the perfect tool for locating quotations for practical use or entertainment. This book can be read for pleasure or used as a handy reference by student and professional engineers and the wider public interested in who has said what on engineering, technology and architecture.

Review

..." well indexed and easy to use ... Using humor and scholarship equally, this title does not attempt to be comprehensive or complete but strives to serve as both "pleasure reading" and "ready reference" for the general reader and the experienced professional. ... Although other quotation collections may first come to mind, this is the title that should be give to selective quotation seekers, who will appreciate its fascinating content. Useful to any audience." --Choice

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0750305940
• ISBN 13: 9780750305945
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 367