Think Like an Engineer
At last engineering is getting its due; engineers are finally cool. But few of us understand the engineering mindset. It’s the mindset that came up with flatpack furniture, disposable nappies, and the postal code; that solved Stockholm’s traffic and the problem of bank closing times (the hole-in-the-wall); and whose seemingly simple ideas have saved countless lives, with i New Read [ Think Like an Engineer ] By [ Guru Madhavan ] – kino-fada.fr I had great expectations of this book, some of which were met and many of which were not On reflection, I think Madhavan s book could have beenaccurately titled How Engineers Think On this it delivered The book is full of entertaining and enlightening stories that get into the minds of engineers across historical, geographical and specialist boundaries However, it disappointed me because it didn t help me as a reader to see how I could apply the models and perspectives in my own work I had great expectations of this book, some of which were met and many of which were not On reflection, I think Madhavan s book could have beenaccurately titled How Engineers Think On this it delivered The book is full of entertaining and enlightening stories that get into the minds of engineers across historical, geographical and specialist boundaries However, it disappointed me because it didn t help me as a reader to see how I could apply the models and perspectives in my own work I was prepared to meet the author half way on the book jacket claim that Think Like an Engineer can help you solve problems, make better decisions and innovate in a...This book was an interesting take on engineering however failed to capture my interest consistently The one two page stories which stop abruptly, only to be carried on a few pages later were hard to follow an...Admittedly I have a new found respect for Engineers after reading this I was not so aware as to the extent of their involvement in so many things around us This book introduces the core elements of engineering being modular thinking, structure, constraints and trade offs it it s basic concepts recombination, optimization, efficiency and prototyping There is many practical examples of where and why these are important.I wasn t so pleased with how these were delivered though The examples were Admittedly I have a new found respect for Engineers after reading this I was not so aware as to the extent of their involvement in so many things around us This book introduces the core elements of engineering being modular thinking, structure, constraints and trade offs it it s basic concepts recombination, optimization, efficiency and prototyping There is many practical examples of where and why these are important.I wasn t so pleased with how these were delivered though The examples were written in a biographical or novel style only alluding to the relevance of an engineering element slightly towards the end of each story I feel that this was intentional but I don t feel it was implemented well or maybe I was just disappointed because the title didn t give any indication that the book would be like this.An example of this where it went way too far was almost 20 pages dedicated to a story about a polluted Ganges river in Varanasi that was only to point out at the end ab...I was disappointed by this book It focuses on stories about how engineers have developed solutions to problems and the engineering principles seem secondary to the stories I learned very little It reminds me of Freakonomics I expected this to give a useful insight in to how the w...Helpful, but not a lot The beginning of the book was good by providing some useful insights on how previous engineers did it, but then the author just kept repeating stories and with the same moral which was boring A lot of chapters could ve been improved in my opinion.A light read on how engineering affects our daily lives and unsung engineering heroes The author avoids going into the technicalities and uses interesting case studies to illustrate the broad principles of engineering finding the structure of all the interconnected parts, what are the constraints and trade offs inherent optimisation He also talked about how enginners use prototypes models to understand these principles better, and many atimes in real life, it s about adapting and learning f A light read on how engineering affects our daily lives and unsung engineering heroes The author avoids going into the technicalities and uses interesting case studies to illustrate the broad principles of engineering finding the structure of all the interconnected parts, what are the constraints and trade offs inherent optimisation He also talked about how enginners use prototypes models to understand these principles better, ...Rather than outlining how engineers think and how to apply this to your own life, this book is largely a collection of loosely connected anecdotes about engineers Would only recommend to a non technical person.inspiring new ways of thinking and problem solving fun to read and recommendedso many inspirational engineersJust red it in few days Confused to give 3 stars or 4 Really liked the stories and the structure of way of explaining structure of engineer thinking was delightful, but didn t see the conclusion of book Also didn t understood why Varanasi story is there Because author is an Indian
- English
- 11 October 2017 Guru Madhavan
- Kindle Edition
- 272 pages
- Guru Madhavan
- Think Like an Engineer