Baker, David 1962- creator enk London Arcturus 2022 eng 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour portraits ; 22 x 25 cm A perfect introduction for students and laypeople alike, providing you with all the concepts you need to know to understand the fundamental issues. Filled with helpful diagrams, photographs, further reading, and easily digestible features on the development of electrical and mechanical engineering, this book makes getting to grips with the subject as easy as possible. It includes the development of machines and materials, forces and how they are manipulated, gearing, and principles of movement and reliability. Introduction Chapter 1. The dawn of ideas - the empirical age Chapter 2. Understanding forces - the scientific age Chapter 3. Manipulation of forces Chapter 4. Mechanisms Chapter 5. A choice of materials Chapter 6. Keeping the machines moving Chapter 7. Engineering the systems Chapter 8. What is reliability? Chapter 9. Nuclear engineering Chapter 10. Electrical and electronic engineering Chapter 11. Power production and generation Chapter 12. Electromechanics Chapter 13. Computing machines and artificial intelligence Glossary Suggested reading Index Picture credits David Baker. "Everything you need to know to master the subject - in one book!" Includes index Ingeniería Historia Ingeniería mecánica Ingeniería eléctrica Historia de la civilización TJ 158 B167e 2022 9781398891272 1398891274 250321 20250403100623.0 eng