This interesting book highlights 46 engineers whose work is changing the world through improving our lives and making a positive difference.
There are so many different types of engineers. There are aeronautical engineers who research, test, build and design anything from supersonic jet engines to drones and rockets, to name a few. Material engineers work with fabric, metals, plastic and clay to new alloys in jet engines. Environmental engineers use their knowledge of civil engineering to think up solutions to environmental problems.
We meet Dr Samantha Micklewright, a biomedical engineer who performs clinical assessments of patients with speech and mobility difficulties. She designs solutions that allow them to use computer technology as their voice. This might be an eye-tracking iPad that activates a voice, depending where they look.
Kate Todd-Davis is a manufacturing engineer and an apprentice at Rolls-Royce working on the rotating components within a jet engine. She has a fascination for learning how things are made from a lump of metal to a finely honed functional bit of metal that in this case, enables a plane to fly.
This book highlights the role engineering plays in our lives. It includes QR codes throughout that link you to videos where you can meet the engineer featured and learn more about them. For those with interest it shows the breadth of this science and just how fascinating and life-changing it can be.
Reviewed by Jane Stephens
Age Guide 12+
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