The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems
by Henry Petroski Science is by its very nature global. In fact, it is galactic, even universal. This is because science deals with universal laws, like the law of gravity. No matter where on earth I jump, gravity will pull me down according to the single law of universal gravitation. And no matter where an apple falls, it falls toward the ground. We believe that it has always been so, regardless of culture. But this is not to say that...
