Engineering students have been taught to rely far too completely on computer models, and their lack of old-fashioned, direct hands-on experience can be disastrous
When a new technology is introduced, there is often a crucial fight over whose standards will prevail. One of the most spectacular of such episodes occurred in the last century’s greatest industry.
Igor Sikorsky’s dream was to liberate transportation by introducing a flying machine that could take off and land anywhere. He did it, but it took him a lifetime.
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