Why does no one understand user manuals? What makes it such a struggle to extract a ticket from the Deutsche Bahn ticket machines? Why can you experiment much more than you can know? Why do you have to be cautious with simulations? Simplify, but how? These are just a few of the questions that technology philosopher Klaus Kornwachs answers in his book. He knows the world of about 700,000 engineers in Germany like the back of his hand and is aware of the everyday problems behind the technological innovations that keep our country on a growth trajectory. In "Philosophy for Engineers," Kornwachs writes about inventions, technical processes, and design flaws - and about the philosophy that underlies technology and how Aristotelian logic aids in the construction of turbines. From Plato to Richard Sennett - Kornwachs has examined the historical connections of ideas.