Applied Minds: How Engineers Think

By Guru Madhavan

Categories: Engineering & Transportation, Science & Math

Biomedical engineer Guru Madhavan explains the ways of thinking engineers use to solve problems and how others can apply them. He describes core ideas such as structured thinking, working within constraints and making trade-offs, using stories from the invention of the ATM, ZIP codes and Silicon Valley. Madhavan argues that the engineering mindset can help with challenges far beyond engineering.

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• Shane Parrish: “This book examines the enormous impact of engineering on our world (including constraints and trade-offs) and introduces to us the toolkit of modular systems thinking”