TY - BOOK AU - Bains, Sunny TI - Explaining the future: how to research, analyze, and report on engineering technologies SN - 9780198822820 AV - P 96.T42 .B35 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - Oxford, United Kingdom PB - Oxford University Press KW - TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1: Key questions -- Chapter 2 : Finding answers -- Chapter 3 : Perspectives and agendas -- Chapter 4 : Analyze -- Case study Part I : Research and analysis -- Chapter 5 : Audience and explanation -- Chapter 6 : Technical argument and structure -- Chapter 7 : Credibility -- Case study Part II : Report -- Epilogue N2 - Guides scientists, engineers and inventors on how to persuade the world that their work will have value, and that they have chosen the right solution for a given problem. Includes key questions to ask, goes through the resources to answer them, and discusses credibility of sources. Also offers a guide to writing technical explanations ER -