Letters

I was distressed to read Balabanian\´s "review" of the book, Introduction to Engineering (by Glorioso and Hill) in the December (1975) issue of the CSIT Newsletter, especially so since Balabanian has become our new editor. For certain, Glorioso and Hill may be faulted with failing to emphasize the broader social obligations of the engineer, and to sensitize their readers to the danger of unexpected and undesirable technological side-effects. But such possible shortcomings hardly deserve the greening broadside in which Balabanian makes false assertions, evidently misrepresents Glorioso and Hill\´s statements, and overall engages in contradictory and specious reasoning. For instance: