{"product_id":"9781509567133","title":"Worldbuilding The Engineering Imagination","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWorldbuilding\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Engineering Imagination\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJenn Stroud Rossmann\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnology \u0026amp; Engineering \/ Engineering\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngineers across the globe are building our future and, by extension, our world. But how can these engineers – whose educations have often encoded historical gendered, raced, competitive, and capitalist norms – responsibly engage in worldbuilding, which is both an art and a science? How can we better prepare the next generation to build a world that is more inclusive and intersectional?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this concise and accessible book, writer and engineer Jenn Stroud Rossmann argues that we need to upgrade the \"engineering imagination\". By interrogating engineering's history and storytelling traditions, she reveals how we could better understand and anticipate the impacts and implications of new technology and so better envision alternative futures. Far from being a merely technical science, engineering has been shaped – and can be revolutionized – by sociocultural factors and products, the ways that we talk about the history of technology, and the ways that we pass on knowledge through education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing upon sources as varied as literature, poetry, visual art, and film as well as history, philosophy, and the technicalities of science, \u003ci\u003eWorldbuilding\u003c\/i\u003e is a guide to thoughtful technological citizenship for makers and users alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJenn Stroud Rossmann\u003c\/b\u003e is the Baird Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Jeffers Dean of Engineering at Lafayette College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509567133\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e216\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44720373399692,"sku":"9781509567133","price":58.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509567133_305bc8b1-df94-4c4f-802e-9aa477a973ea.jpg?v=1781091621","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781509567133","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}