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Engineering
What makes engineering different from science, and how do engineers solve problems? In this hour of Science Friday, join Ira Flatow for an inside look at engineering. We'll find out how engineers view the world, what they consider to be their biggest achievements, and what challenges the profession faces in the future.
Guests:
Samuel Florman
Chairman
Kreisler Borg Florman General Construction Company
Author, "The Introspective Engineer," (St. Martin's Press)
Scarsdale, NY
Henry Petroski
Author
"Invention by Design: How Engineers get from Thought to Thing", (Harvard University Press)
Professor of Civil Engineering
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
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