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The Technological Sciences

Subject Outline

AHistory of the technological sciences [see also Part Seven]
BNature and scope of engineering
- 1Engineering as a profession: education and training; functions of the engineer; professional associations
- 2Branches of engineering: civil engineering, aeronautical engineering, chemical engineering, electrical and electronics engineering, mechanical engineering, optical engineering, nuclear engineering
CThe nature and scope of agricultural sciences
- 1History of the agricultural sciences [see also 731.A.]
- 2Subdivisions of the agricultural sciences: soil science, plant production, animal production, agricultural economics and management, agricultural engineering [see also 731.B., C., and D.]
DThe nature and scope of recently developed interscience disciplines
- 1Bionics
  - aMimicry of nature as the basis for bionics; e.g., the human brain as the paradigm for computer memory devices, construction of vehicles with articulated legs
  - bThe use of natural models to understand and solve engineering problems; e.g., natural neural networks as models for electronic circuits, the human brain as a model for computers and information-processing devices
- 2Systems engineering and operations research [see 712.B.]