M. Fores, of the UK Department of Industry, and I. Rey, previously of the Swedish Ministry of Industry, offer their personal suggestion that the absence of an English word to describe the ‘useful arts’ of manufacture leads to unnecessary confusion in talking about the world of manufacturing
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Fores, M., Rey, I. Technik: the relevance of a missing concept. Nature 269, 2 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/269002a0
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