"While the study of the engineering method is important to create the world we would have, its study is equally important to understand the world we do have." --Billy V. Koen, Introduction, Discussion of t h e Method

Discussion of t h e Method outlines the heuristic-based reasoning used by engineers and
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engineering and philosophy, this ground-breaking text illustrates how the theoretical and the
practical can merge to form real-world solutions. Furthermore, the methodology covered in
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