Skip to main content

Advertisement

Log in

Engineering As An Art

  • REFLECTIONS FROM THE PAST
  • Published:
AI & SOCIETY Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Scientific knowledge and mathematical analysis enter into engineering in an indispensable way, and their role will continually increase. But engineering contains elements of experience and judgment, of tacit knowledge, and regard for social considerations and the most effective way of using human labour. If we accept this element of ‘art’ in engineering, we should design our systems, not to reject human skill, but rather to cooperate with it and make it more protective.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Rosenbrock H.H. (1972). The use of computers for designing control systems. Measurement and Control. 5: 409-412

    Google Scholar 

  2. Rosenbrock H.H. (1977). The future of control. Automatica. 13: 389-392

    Article  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  3. Polanyi, Michael (1967). The Tacit Dimension. Routledge and Kegan Paul.

  4. Ford, Henry in t.ollaboration with Samuel Crowther (1923). My Life and Work. Heinemann. p83.

  5. Needham, Joseph (1927). Man a Machine. Kegan Paul. p93. Needham has said that he would not write now as he did in 1927, but the view he articulated then is hardly questioned at present.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Rosenbrock, H. Engineering As An Art. AI & Soc 21, 673–678 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-007-0112-7

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-007-0112-7

Keywords

Navigation