Editors:
- Worldwide in scope, cross-cultural in approach
- The first volume to integrate Chinese, European, and American scholarly perspectives on issues at the nexus of engineering, development, and culture
- Covers a vast range of aspects from nanotechnology to intercontinental modalities in educating engineers ?
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (POET, volume 11)
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Rethinking Philosophy of Engineering and Development
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Front Matter
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Rethinking Engineering Education
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Front Matter
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Rethinking Perspectives on Engineering, Nature, and Society
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About this book
Keywords
- Chinese Philosophy on Engineering and Social Development
- Chinese, European and American Perspectives
- Cultural Encounters
- Dam Construction Ethics in China
- Engineering and Development in Modern China
- Engineering and Harmonization with Nature
- Ethics in Engineering Development
- Philosophy of Green Engineering
- Rethinking Engineering Education
- Rethinking Perspectives on Engineering and Sustainability
- Rethinking philosophy of Engineering and Development
- Sustainable Development
- The development of railroads in the United States and China
Editors and Affiliations
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, Institute of Business and Technology, Aarhus University, Herning, Denmark
Steen Hyldgaard Christensen
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, Dept of Liberal Arts & Int'l Studies, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA
Carl Mitcham
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, Department of Social Sciences, Graduate University of Chinese Academy o, Beijing, China, People's Republic
Bocong Li
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, Department of Languages, Clemson University, Clemson, USA
Yanming An
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Engineering, Development and Philosophy
Book Subtitle: American, Chinese and European Perspectives
Editors: Steen Hyldgaard Christensen, Carl Mitcham, Bocong Li, Yanming An
Series Title: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5282-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-5281-8Published: 31 October 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9254-8Published: 09 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-5282-5Published: 30 October 2012
Series ISSN: 1879-7202
Series E-ISSN: 1879-7210
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 412
Topics: Engineering Design, Curriculum Studies, Sustainable Development, Philosophy of Technology, Sociology, general