Bibliography

LEGEND
  1. Books not highlighted are books I have read or use as a reference.
  2. Text Books used in Formal Studies
  • TECHNICAL SCIENCE (otherwise the FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING(FE))
    • Engineering Graphics & CADD
      • Graphic Engineering Geometry; John R Bedford
      • Technical Drawing; Giesecke, Mitchell, Spencer, Hill & Dygdon
      • Autocad Advanced Techniques; Sharp & Hamm
      • The ABC’s of AutoLISP; George Omura
      • Inside AutoCAD (5th ed); Raker & Rice
      • Customising Autocad(2nd ed); Smith & Gesner
      • Inside AutoLISP; Smith & Gesner
      • AutoCAD programming; Dennis N Jump
      • Inside AutoCAD 14; Burchard, Pitzer & Soen , et al.
    • Mathematics
      • Introductory Linear Algebra with Applications (2nd ed); Bernard Kolman
      • Calculus (2nd ed); Stanley I Grossman
      • Advanced Engineering Mathematics; Peter V O’Neil
      • Statistics for Business & Economics; Robert Sandy
    • Physics
      • Physics for Everyone: Motion & Heat; Landau & Kitaigorodsky
      • Ordinary Level Physics (3rd ed); Abbott
      • Physics: Made Simple; Freeman & Morgan
      • Foundations of Physics;Lehrman & Swartz
      • College Physics(3rd ed); Franklin Miller, Jr
      • Physics for Engineers; Walter Schofield
      • Fundamentals of Physics (2nd ed); Halliday & Resnick
    • Chemistry
      • Mastering Chemistry; P Critchlow
      • Chemistry for the Engineering and Applied Sciences (2nd ed); Steedman, Snadden & Anderson
      • Chemical Principles; Masterton, Slowinski & Stanitski
      • Introdution to Chemistry; Gordon M Barrow
      • Chemsitry, Man and Society (2nd ed); Jones, Netterville, Johnston & Wood
      • Elements of Chemistry; Donald J Cook
      • General Chemistry (2nd ed); Theodore L Brown.
      • Chemistry a Conceptual Approach (3rd ed); Mortimer
      • Concepts of Chemistry; William W Portfield
    • Engineering Mechanics And Structural Analysis
      • Statics (2nd Ed) ; J.L Meriam
      • Engineering Mechanics(Vol 2) – Dynamics; J L Meriam ·
    • Strength And Stability of Materials
      • Mechanics of Materials ; Gere & Timoshenko
      • Materials Science
      • The Nature and Properties of Engineering Materials (2nd ed); Jastrzebski
      • Introdution to Materials Science for Engineers(2nd ed); James F. Shackelford.
    • Computer Science
      • Mastering Computers; G G L Wright
      • Computers & Information Systems; Jerome S Burstein
      • Computing for Engineers and Scientists with Fortran 77; Daniel D McCracken
      • The Computer Science Problem Solver; Dr M Fogiel
      • Computer Languages: A guide for the perplexed; Naomi S Baron
      • Wordperfect 5.1 Macros; Mosich, Bixby & Adams-Regan
      • dBASE III Programmers Reference Guide; Alan Simpson
      • DOS the complete reference (2nd ed); Kris Jamsa
      • Unix the Complete Reference; Stephen Coffin
      • Unix Administrators Guide for System V; Thomas & Farrow
      • Mastering SunOS; Heslop & Angell
      • Windows 95 Secrets (4th ed); Livingston & Straub
      • Windows XP Professional, The Complete Reference; Guy Hart-Davis
      • Linux (3rd ed), The Complete Reference; Richard Petersen
      • Upgrading & Troubleshooting Networks, The Complete Reference; Craig Zacker
      • Home Networking Bible; Sue Plumley
      • Using Microsoft Office 97 Professional (Special edition); Boyce, et al
      • HTML web Publishing 6 in 1; Todd Stauffer
      • Using HTML 4 (6th ed); Molly E Holzschlag
      • Microsoft Office 97 Visual BASIC Programmers Guide; Microsoft Press
      • Beginning Java Script; Paul Wilton
    • Environmental Science
      • Physical Geography: Earth Systems; John J Hidore
      • Elements of Meteorology (2nd ed); Miller & Thompson
      • The Weather Almanac; Ruffner & Bair
      • Practical Weather Forecasting; Frank Mitchell-Christie
      • 1001 Questions Answered about the Weather; Frank H Forrester
      • Environmental Science (3rd ed); J Turk & A Turk
      • Focus on Earth Science (2nd ed); Bishop, Lewis & Bronaugh
      • The way things work book of nature- an illustrated encyclopedia of man & nature; Allen & Unwin
      • Environmental Engineering; Gerard Kiely.
    • Design
      • Advanced Design and Technology(2nd ed); Norman, Cubitt, Urry & Whittaker


  • TECHNICAL SCIENCE by Discipline (otherwise the FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING (FE))
    • General Engineering References
      • Standard Handbook of Engineering Calculations; Tyler G Hicks
    • Industrial Engineering
      • Production and Operations Management(5th Ed); Lockyer, Muhlemann & Oakland
      • Production & Operations Management(3rd Ed); Heizer & Render
      • Introduction to WorkStudy(3rd ed); International Labour Office.
      • Maynard’s Industrial Engineering Handbook (5th ed); editor : Kjell B Zandin.
      • Basic Business Logistics: Transportation, Materials Management, Physical Distribution(2nd ed); R H Ballou
      • Integrated Production Control Systems: Management, Analysis, Design 2/E; Bedworth & Bailey
      • Statistical Quality Design and Control – Contemporary Concepts and Methods; DeVor, Chang & Sutherland
      • Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling (6th ed); Harold Kerzner, Ph.D.
    • Manufacturing Engineering
      • Fundamentals of Tool Design (3rd Ed); Society of Manufacturing Engineers
      • Manufacturing Processes for Engineering Materials(2nd Ed); Serope Kalpakjian
      • Manufacturing Processes(7th Ed); Amstead, Ostwald & Begeman The New Engineer
    • Mechanical Engineering
      • Mechanical Engineering Design; J E Shigley
      • Engineering Thermodynamics Work & Heat Transfer (3rd ed); Rogers & Mayhew
      • Fluid Mechanics(1st Metric ed); Streeter& Wylie
    • Structural Engineering
      • Elementary Structural Analysis; Wilbur & Norris
      • Elementary Structural Analysis; Robert G Bloggs
    • Electrical & Electronic Engineering
      • Basic Electrical Engineering Science; McKenzie Smith and K.T. Hosie


  • TECHNICAL PLANNING, DESIGN AND MANAGMENT (otherwise ENGINEERING PRACTICE)
    • Mechanical Engineering
      • Architectural Engineering Design – Mechanical Systems; Robert Brown Butler
    • Structural Engineering
      • Steel Designers Handbook (UK)
      • Steel Designers Manual (Aust.); Gorenck & Tinuo
      • Structural Steel Designers Handbook (3rd ed) {US}; Brockenbrough & Merritt
      • Handbook of Structural Steel Connection Design and Details;Akbar R Tamboli
      • Architectural Engineering Design – Structural Systems;Robert Brown Butler
      • Wind Loading of Structures; John D Holmes

    • Electrical & Electronic Engineering
      • Australian Wiring Practice (4th ed) Volume 1; Pethebridge & Neeson
      • Australian Wiring Practice (4th ed) Volume 2; Pethebridge & Neeson


  • THE WORLD BEYOND ENGINEERING
    • Novels
      • The Existential Pleasures of Engineering: Samuel C Florman
      • Distant Voices:John Pilger
    • History
      • Technology in the Ancient World; Henry Hodges
      • The Map That Changed The World: the Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science; Simon Winchester
      • The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named; John Keay
      • The Washing of The Spears: Donald R. Morris
      • Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers Samuel Smiles
      • Men, Machines and Modern Times: Elting E. Morison
      • The Complete Handgun 1300 to the Present: Ian V. Hogg
      • The Tank Story: Ian Hogg
      • Pictorial History of Aircraft: David Mondey
      • Pictorial History of the Royal Australian Air Force: George Odgers
      • Technology in the Ancient World: Henry Hodges
      • They Made History Great Men and Women from Britain's Past:Plantagenet Somerset Fry
      • Spotlight on Soldiers:
      • The History of the Olympic Games: Xenophon L. Messinesi
      • The Champions: R. S. Whitington
      • Southeast Asia an Illustrated Introductory History: Milton Osborne
    • Geography and Natural History
      • The Naturalists Pioneers of Natural History: Alan C. Jenkins
      • Physical Geography: Earth Systems John J. Hidore
      • Elements of Meteorology: Miller & Thompson
      • David Attenborough's Fabulous Animals: David Attenborough
      • Tracks, Trails and Signs: Fred J. Speakman
      • The Wonderful World of Ocean Life: Heather Angel
      • Monsters of the Sea: Barbara Lindsay
    • Language & Communications
      • The Art of Speaking: Made Simple; Gondin, Mammen & Dodding
      • Communicating in Business and Professional Settings; Hanna & Wilson
      • About Language: A reader for Writers (2nd ed); Roberts & Turgeon
      • A Contemporary Rhetoric; Hairston
      • Writing, Researching, Communicating: Communication Skills for the Information age; Windscuttle & Windscuttle
      • The English Language Form & Use; Chisholm & Milic
      • The Simple Subs Book; Leslie sellers
      • Newsman’s English: A Guide to Writing lively, Lucid, and Effective Prose; Harold Evans
      • Style Manual: for Writers, Editors & Printers (4th ed); Australian Government Publishing Service
      • The Elements of Drafting (7th ed); J K Aitken
    • Economics & Accounting
      • Location in Space: A Theoretical Approach to Economic Geography (2nd ed); Lloyd & Dicken
      • Economics Today (5th ed); Miller
      • Introductory Accounting & Finance; Althea Bell
    • Business & Management
      • Gonzo Marketing: Winning Through Worst Practices;Christopher Locke
      • Business Today (6th ed); Rachman, Mescon, Bovee &Thill
      • Management; Bartol & Martin
      • Administrative Office Management (10th ed); Kallaus & Keeling
      • Today’s Office; Hinkly & Lehmann
      • Dynamics of Industrial Relations in Australia; Dufty & Fells
    • Law
      • Practical Contracting: Ian Davison
      • Commercial Law: Made Simple; John Parris
      • Initiative and Referendum: The Peoples Law; Geoffrey de Q Walker
    • Arts & Humanities
      • The Prince; Niccolo Machiavelli
      • The Social Contract; Jean-Jacques Rousseau
      • Utopia; Thomas More
      • Philosophy: Made Simple; Popkin, Stroll & Kelly
    • Environment, Technology and Society
      • The Ages of Gaia: James Lovelock
      • Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth: R. Buckminster Fuller
      • Technology and Man's Future: Albert H. Teich, editor
      • The Third Wave: Alvin Toffler
      • Utopia: Thomas More
      • The Social Contract: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
      • Unemployment: Keith Windscuttle
      • War in 2080: David Langford
      • Inside the Third World: Paul Harrison
      • The Third World Tomorrow: Paul Harrison
      • Masters of Illusion : The World Bank and the Poverty of Nations: Catherine Caufield
      • The Miner's Canary: Niles Eldredge
      • Initiative and Referendum: The Peoples Law: Geoffrey de Q. Walker
      • The Way Things Work Book of Nature
      • The Gaia Atlas of Planet Management
      • The Gaia Peace Atlas
    • Technology
      • Velikovsky Affair: Alfred De Grazia et ol.
      • Worlds In Collision: Immanuel Velikovsky
      • Structures or Why Things Don't Fall Down: J. E. Gordon
      • Bicyling Science: Whitt & Wilson
      • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Space Technology:Kenneth Gatland
      • The Wonderful World of Motorcycles: Charles E.Deane
      • Everyday Inventions:Meredith Hooper
      • Computers
      • My Friend Arnold's Book of Personal Computers: Gareth Powell
    • Business, Management, Politics
      • The Prince: Niccolo Machiavelli
      • The Art of War: Sun Tzu
      • Great Ideas in Management: Parkinson, Rustomji & Sapre
      • The Incredible Japanese: Parkinson, Rustomji & Sapre
      • The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi
      • The 80/20 Principle: Richard Koch
      • Maverick: Ricardo Semler
      • Made In Japan: Akio Morita
      • McDonalds: Behind The Arches: John F Love
      • The Communist Manifesto: Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels
    • Perception, Psychology
      • Straight and Crooked Thinking: Robert H. Thouless
      • Take the road to creativity and get off your dead end: David Campbell
      • Lateral Thinking: Edward De Bono
      • The use of Lateral Thinking: Edward De Bono
      • The Business of Management: Edward De Bono
      • Lateral Thinking: Edward De Bono
      • Opportunities: Edward De Bono
      • Po: Beyond Yes and No: Edward De Bono
      • The Mechanism of Mind: Edward De Bono
      • The Happiness Purpose: Edward De Bono
      • Psyco-Cybernetics: Maxwell Maltz
      • Psyco-Cybernetics and Self-fulfillment: Maxwell Maltz


  • FICTION
    • Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance: Robert Pirsig
    • Lila: Robert Pirsig
    • Catch 22: Joseph Heller
    • The Chrysalids: John Wyndham
    • Gridlock: Ben Elton
    • Nineteen Eighty-Four: George Orwell
    • The Time machine: H. G. Wells


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