  | Full Text Reviews: Booklist - 09/01/2017 With energetic, colorful visuals and layouts, plus real-world problem-solving applications, this offers an engaging, accessible introduction to engineering, showcasing nine specific fields, from aerospace to electrical. The opening section includes an engineering overview and explanatory flowchart of seven engineering design steps (defining issues, testing ideas, etc.), each paired with an icon that will be seen throughout later chapters, thereby emphasizing particularly relevant design steps. Subsequent chapters focus on engineering areas, conveying their unique and shared features and providing individuals’ and groups’ endeavors and contributions to the disciplines. For example, biomedical engineers “create devices that diagnose medical problems and improve human health,” like using 3-D bio-printers for skin grafts. A small-sized font and occasionally dense prose is enlivened by a direct address and factoid sidebars, while the illustrations are intricately detailed cartoon drawings (interspersed with the occasional photo). From designing bridges to developing personal computers to using location technology like GPS, there’s much to intrigue, inform, and pique interest here. - Copyright 2017 Booklist. Loading...
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