Ergonomics: Making Products and Places Fit People

Gay, Kathlyn

ISBN 10: 0894901184 ISBN 13: 9780894901188

Publisher: Enslow Pub Inc, 1986

Synopsis

Describes the research, tools, and uses of ergonomics or human factor engineering, in which such diverse products as office furniture, cameras, and space suits are designed to suit people's needs

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From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-9 Gay offers a fascinating look at how products can be better designed to suit people's use of them. After defining the term ergonomics and its principles, she uses numerous examples to show the concept's applications to industrial and office settings; to consumers' needs, as demonstrated by product packaging, pay phones, cameras, and autos; to the problems presented by signs and messages; to designs of buildings and playgrounds that keep users' needs in in mind. The importance of ergonomics in the space program and its spinoffs and the ways in which this science can offer help to the handicapped are covered. The book closes with a study of the tools and methods of ergonomists. Illustrations are worthwhile, though not exceptional; however, the text is eminently readable and Ergonomics is, as a result, an excellent introduction to the topic. Jeffrey A. French, Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Enslow Pub Inc
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0894901184
• ISBN 13: 9780894901188
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 128