(Part 2) Best industrial design books according to redditors
We found 51 Reddit comments discussing the best industrial design books. We ranked the 22 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
Neither is specifically on ethics but I really enjoyed Sophia Roosth's ethnography of synthetic biology: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23431260-600-synthetic-biologys-ties-to-our-humanity-let-it-elude-definition/ and I'm of course partial to the Synthetic Aesthetics book, which looks at questions of ethics and the implications of technology through the lens of art and design: https://www.amazon.com/Synthetic-Aesthetics-Investigating-Biologys-Designs/dp/026201999X
It can be hard to jump back into any field, especially lab science, after 3 years. I think it really depends on where you are and what you want to do, but people do things like going back to school, trying to find research assistant positions, or even getting your hands wet again in a community lab (or a combination of some or all of the above).
If you plan to create GD&T on drawings (as opposed to interpreting GD&T already on a drawing) you should get the actual GD&T book - mine is the "ASME Y14.5M-1994 Dimensioning and Tolerancing". You'll want the 2009 version. I kept a lot of my engineering textbooks from college; decades later what I keep out for quick reference is a machinery's handbook and my GDT manual.
The 'thrilling GDT textbook' you bought looks fine - co-authored by ASME. But I've never seen it so don't know how dry it is. Dry or not, you should just go to source. Go get an actual GDT book, not one written about GDT by someone.
I've been designing and detailing for 3 decades and still love it. Imo you need to be all about details in this profession. The person creating (and nowadays checking) the engineering drawing needs to be detail oriented. If you aren't then take a good look now. Yes you can force yourself to learn all this GDT stuff, but it's the language of engineering drawings.
I got off the rails a bit there, but all true. If I have any wisdom to share it is this - pick a career field that you love and are passionate about. 1/3 of your life is sleep, 1/3 of your life (weekdays) is work, 1/3 of your life is 'free-time'. Being miserable for the work 1/3 of your life spills into the rest of your life too - be happy and good luck.
Edit - the link above is to the 1994 version. I think this is the 2009 version, it's not cheap but it is the source.
Eidt II - sorry, I don't mean to dissuade you. Learning GDT from a textbook must be dry and eye-crossing. I learned in-person by an excellent teacher so it was engaging. If it will help you, I wrote a GDT intro paper like 5 years ago.