TY - BOOK AU - Somara, Shini TI - Engineers making a difference: inventors, technicians, scientist and tech entrepreneurs changing the world, and how you can join them SN - 9781804660270 AV - TA 157 .S66 2023 PY - 2023/// CY - United States PB - What on Earth Books KW - SCEINCE AND TECHNOLOGY KW - TEENAGE NON-FICTION KW - ENGINEERS JUVENILE LITERATURE KW - ENGINEERING N1 - Includes index; Introduction -- 1. Human needs -- 2. Climate and environment -- 3. Powering our future -- 4. Infrastructure and construction -- 5. Healthcare -- 6. Advanced materials -- 7. Communication -- 8. Smart manufacture -- 9. Transportation -- 10. Entertainment -- 11. Robotics and artificial intelligence -- 12. Exploring beyond our planet -- Timeline of engineers -- A final note N2 - "Engineers are the superheroes of the real world. They use their problem-solving skills to face down the biggest challenges we have, from creating clean energy to designing prosthetic limbs, from eliminating food shortages to programming AI to exploring the surface of Mars. In this book you’ll meet 46 engineers, from apprentices and lab technicians to university professors and start-up CEOs and hear what problems they are solving and why they love their jobs. Engineers are changing the world." ER -