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- Uday Shanker Dixit
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India
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- Manjuri Hazarika
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, India
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- J. Paulo Davim
Department Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro - Campus Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Although there are some books on the History of Engineering, there is hardly a book presenting the history of mechanical engineering from the ancient period till today
- Salient features of mechanical engineering and its historical development
- Provides a vision for the future of mechanical engineering for educators
- Includes supplementary material:sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series:Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology (MFMT)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Front Matter
Pages i-xviLandmark Revolutionary Inventions in Mechanical Engineering
- Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, J. Paulo Davim
Pages 15-46History of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
- Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, J. Paulo Davim
Pages 73-97Emergence of Production and Industrial Engineering
- Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, J. Paulo Davim
Pages 127-146Back Matter
Pages 175-178
Authors and Affiliations
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India
Uday Shanker Dixit
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, India
Manjuri Hazarika
Department Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro - Campus Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
J. Paulo Davim
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Book Title:A Brief History of Mechanical Engineering
Authors:Uday Shanker Dixit, Manjuri Hazarika, J. Paulo Davim
Series Title:Materials Forming, Machining and Tribology
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42916-8
Publisher:Springer Cham
eBook Packages:Engineering,Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information:Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN:978-3-319-42914-4Published: 19 August 2016
Softcover ISBN:978-3-319-82692-9Published: 14 June 2018
eBook ISBN:978-3-319-42916-8Published: 13 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2195-0911
Series E-ISSN: 2195-092X
Edition Number:1
Number of Pages:XVI, 178
Number of Illustrations:21 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics:Mechanical Engineering,History of Science,Popular Science in Technology,Job Careers in Science and Engineering