{"product_id":"9780312025595","title":"The Civilized Engineer","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Civilized Engineer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Samuel C. Florman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCivil engineer Samuel Forman's \u003ci\u003eThe Civilized Engineer\u003c\/i\u003e is aimed at both those observing and commenting externally on engineering, and the practicing engineer—to reveal something of the art behind great engineering achievements, and to stimulate debate upon the author's hypothesis that \"in its moment of ascendance, engineering is faced with the trivialization of its purpose and the debasement of its practice.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Essential reading . . . [Florman's] lucid prose is readily accessible to anyone who wants to know more about the profession most influential in shaping the 20th Century.” —\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With \u003ci\u003eThe Civilized Engineer\u003c\/i\u003e, Florman has written his most substantial book to date . . . Enjoyable to read . . . The book is a useful aid for focusing one's own (often unexamined) views on what it now means and what it should mean to be an engineer.” —\u003ci\u003eTechnology and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Florman is  the man we've been looking for.  Incredible as the combination may appear, he is both a practicing engineer and a truly gifted writer.” —\u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Civilized Engineer\u003c\/i\u003e is remarkable simply because there is no other engineer author who talks to engineers the way Florman does.  Any intelligent engineer who doesn't want to think like a frog in an enclosed pond would do well to read this book.” —\u003ci\u003eEngineering Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mr. Florman is a respected professional engineer and a man of wide cultivation. He writes with beautiful clarity and his wit springs from his material; it is not applique.  The reader is never in doubt about what Mr. Florman is saying. in an age of murky prose. this quality alone  would win him  an enthusiastic readership.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312025595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594490065102,"sku":"9780312025595","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_4206852c-617d-41c1-af29-cc60c14b728d.jpg?v=1637809424","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312025595","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}