Engineering and the Mind's Eye


Engineering and the Mind's Eye is a book by Eugene S. Ferguson, an engineer and historian of science and technology. It was published by MIT Press. In it, Ferguson discusses the importance of the mind's eye for the practicing engineer, including spatial visualization and visual thinking.
A major argument of the book is summarized as follows in the preface:
The book comprises 7 chapters and two additional sections on notes about the text and its figures. The chapters are:
  1. The Nature of Engineering Design
  2. The Mind's Eye
  3. Origins of Modern Engineering
  4. The Tools of Visualization
  5. The Development and Dissemination of Engineering Knowledge
  6. The Making of an Engineer
  7. The Gap between Promise and Performance.