Biomedical Systems Engineer ⁜ U.S. National Academy of Engineering @theNAEng ⁜ Recent Book: APPLIED MINDS: How Engineers Think; Next in works for @wwnorton
Dec 31, 2019 • 10 tweets • 10 min read
Introducing "Invisible Bridges"--my column in @theNAEng periodical The Bridge. The inaugural piece explores the notion of "composite minds" for #engineering with inspiration from Ove Arup, Walter Gropius, & #Bauhaus (now in its centenary).
nae.edu/221310/Invisib…@theNAEng Arup sometimes carried a “pair of extra-long chopsticks in his top pocket, to poach enticing dishes from his neighbor’s plate.” Were these chopsticks perhaps a metaphor for something else? As in, how to pick and transfer nutrients across what we resignedly call “disciplines”?
