Hi friends,

I feel like this is a strange question or maybe I’m too dumb to articulate what im looking for.

I’d be interested in books or other resources about non-domain specific engineering. A resource that sort of talks about or describes general ways or strategies to design/build systems or solve problems.

I suppose what I am looking for is a “Philosophy of mathematics” equivalent to engineering. Something not too technical or tough ( I R dum) but geared towards the general public.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Ah I happen to own that and never opened it

And now everybody else can too

https://www.pdfdrive.com/zen-and-the...e33661272.html


Go to that site and until its not taken down you can probably find a lot of books that can improve knowledge in any direction.


As an example a great gift to this board

https://www.pdfdrive.com/subtle-is-t...d19070950.html

You will enjoy that book and a learn a lot from it too.

And this will make it even more interesting

https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-princip...165416441.html

And this is the nuts for how the strange and yes still incomplete theory started

https://www.pdfdrive.com/sources-of-...188742065.html


Check this classic out

https://www.pdfdrive.com/gravitation...156882545.html

and some standard grad textbook

https://www.pdfdrive.com/general-rel...d39566487.html

How about this Chaos classic?

https://www.pdfdrive.com/chaos-makin...178682967.html


How about some good QM books to get started

https://www.pdfdrive.com/cohen-tanno...d33438085.html

https://www.pdfdrive.com/cohen-tanno...e48757569.html

Those books are all priceless and if you enjoy go out and buy the real textbook because it has to be in your library.


Maybe some engineering books in this list can be found there too

https://interestingengineering.com/3...ineering-books


How about some orbital mechanics

https://www.pdfdrive.com/astronomy-i...162511588.html



This is a kick ass tough book that is good to have

https://www.pdfdrive.com/new-foundat...158416217.html


Anyone wants to learn good Calculus

https://www.pdfdrive.com/thomas-calc...185678977.html

https://www.pdfdrive.com/thomas-calc...156949815.html

or do you like to give some young student a math Olympics challenge book with endless fun

http://www.albertstam.com/Problem-so...thur_Engel.pdf

https://www.pdfdrive.com/mathematica...e32147798.html


PS: Download it or miss it soon by taking it for granted! I am here to motivate you damn it ! Just read something good.

https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Boo.../dp/0062208977

This seems like a cool book and fortunately, a library around the way has it. However, this seems more like a reference of how-tos rather than what I am looking for.

I think im looking more for some kind of resource that talks about general problem solving or engineering/design concepts.

Just YouTube it...”engineer this”, “engineer that”...you’ll be a grad plus 2-4 yrs exp in 40 hrs.

Naturally that’s one of the first things I looked at. Most of it is talking about specific applications in EE,chem,civil etc

I have now read about 10% of his book and while incredibly interesting and fun, do not see much how it relates to engineering

There is no such thing as general engineering book. You're looking for a physics book. Engineering is an applied science for a particular practical activity, be it electrical, chemical, civil etc.

Sweet thanks. Do you have any recommendations?

Oh I am dumb and have low math skills right now

Physics now by Peter Riley. First year of an (electronic) engineering degree program was basically a revision of this book, incidentally.

As am I. It wasn't until I got to third year, that the mathematics got overwhelming. I scraped a pass but excelled in all other areas. As it turned out, I didn't need to be a good mathematician to be a good electronic engineer, practically. Take of that as you will. Electronics is a massive subject. On forums, it's divided into many topics and almost no one is an expert in all areas, so you pick the wave you want to ride. ie analog, digital, embedded systems and such.