Download or read book The Civilized Engineer written by Samuel C. Florman and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil engineer Samuel C. Florman's The Civilized Engineer is aimed at both those observing and commenting externally on engineering, and the practicing engineer—to reveal something of the art behind great engineering achievements, and to stimulate debate upon the author's hypothesis that "in its moment of ascendance, engineering is faced with the trivialization of its purpose and the debasement of its practice."