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Engineering and the Advancement of Human Welfare [PDF ebook]
10 Outstanding Achievements 1964-1989

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Обложка National Academy of Engineering & National Academy of Engineering: Engineering and the Advancement of Human Welfare (PDF)

This popularly written booklet contains nontechnical descriptions of 10 major engineering achievements selected by the National Academy of Engineering on the occasion of its 25th anniversary, December 5, 1989. The achievements are the moon landing, application satellites, the microprocessor, computer-aided design and manufacturing, computer-assisted tomography, advanced composite materials, the jumbo jet, lasers, fiber-optic communication, and genetically engineered products.

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язык английский ● Формат PDF ● страницы 48 ● ISBN 9780309592451 ● издатель National Academies Press ● опубликованный 1989 ● Загружаемые 3 раз ● валюта EUR ● Код товара 7147704 ● Защита от копирования Adobe DRM

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