A Brief History of Mechanical Engineering

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A Brief History of Mechanical Engineering is written by Uday Shanker Dixit and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3319429167 (ISBN 10) and 9783319429168 (ISBN 13).

What is mechanical engineering? What a mechanical engineering does? How did the mechanical engineering change through ages? What is the future of mechanical engineering? This book answers these questions in a lucid manner. It also provides a brief chronological history of landmark events and answers questions such as: When was steam engine invented? Where was first CNC machine developed? When did the era of additive manufacturing start? When did the marriage of mechanical and electronics give birth to discipline of mechatronics? This book informs and create interest on mechanical engineering in the general public and particular in students. It also helps to sensitize the engineering fraternity about the historical aspects of engineering. At the same time, it provides a common sense knowledge of mechanical engineering in a handy manner.