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Madhavan, Guruprasad.
Applied minds : how engineers think / Guru Madhavan. — First edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-393-23987-4 (hardcover)
1. Engineering—Popular works. 2. Creative thinking—Popular works. I. Title.
TA148.M335 2015
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2015013009
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