{"id":131,"date":"2021-03-19T14:06:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T14:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fed-academia\/?p=131"},"modified":"2021-03-19T14:28:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T14:28:29","slug":"the-fiction-that-inspired-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fed-academia\/2021\/03\/19\/the-fiction-that-inspired-engineers\/","title":{"rendered":"The fiction that inspired engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Authors: David Stacey and Thomas Rogers -<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We recently asked academic staff and researchers in the Faculty of Engineering &amp; Design what books they might recommend for aspiring architecture and engineering students. We had a really great response and it was difficult to form a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/guides\/suggested-reads-for-aspiring-students-of-architecture-and-engineering\/\">shortlist for the website<\/a>. Here are some fiction titles that kept being mentioned and would be great reads for a rainy day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andy Weir (2014) <em>The Martian<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Arthur C. Clarke (1968) <em>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Carl Sagan (1985) <em>Contact<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Dmitry Glukhovsky (2002) <em>Metro 2033<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Douglas Adams (1981) <em>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Douglas Adams (1987) <em>Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Douglas Adams (1988) <em>The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Frank Herbert (1965) <em>Dune<\/em><\/li>\n<li>HG Wells (1896) <em>The Island of Doctor Moreau<\/em><\/li>\n<li>HG Wells (1897) <em>The Invisible Man<\/em><\/li>\n<li>HG Wells (1898) <em>The Time Machine<\/em><\/li>\n<li>HG Wells (1901) <em>The First Men in the Moon<\/em><\/li>\n<li>HG Wells (1908) <em>The War of the Worlds<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Isaac Asimov (1950) <em>I, Robot<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Joe Haldeman (1974) <em>The Forever War<\/em><\/li>\n<li>John Wyndham (1951) <em>The Day of the Triffids<\/em><\/li>\n<li>John Wyndham (1955) <em>The Chrysalids<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Jules Verne (1871) <em>Journey to the Centre of the Earth<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Jules Verne (1872) <em>Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Philip K. Dick (1968) <em>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Richard Matheson (1954<em>) I Am Legend<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Robert A. Heinlein (1959) <em>Starship Troopers<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Robert A. Heinlein (1994) <em>Time Enough for Love<\/em><\/li>\n<li>William Gibson (1984) <em>Neuromancer<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-132\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fed-academia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2021\/02\/Engineering-outreach-small-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"a collage of book covers\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fed-academia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2021\/02\/Engineering-outreach-small-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fed-academia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2021\/02\/Engineering-outreach-small-152x215.jpg 152w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fed-academia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2021\/02\/Engineering-outreach-small.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Faculty Librarians, David and James, recently made a shortlist of suggested reads for aspiring architecture and engineering students. 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