年逾八旬的华中工学院教授、我国著名老科普作家赵学田同志主编的《机械设计自学入门》一书,最近由冶金工业出版社出版。该书是赵教授继编写《机械工人速成看图》、《机械工人速成画图》等著名科普读物之后,应广大机械工人的要求而组织编写的又一本重要科普著作。它是上述《看图》和《画图》两书的姊妹篇。编写本书的目的是为了使广大机械工人在学习了识图和画图的知识以后,能进一步自学机械设计的基本知 More than eighty years of Huazhong Institute of Technology, China’s famous old science writer Comrade Zhao Xuetian editor of “mechanical design self-study,” a book, recently published by the Metallurgical Industry Press. The book is another important popular science book compiled and prepared by Professor Zhao at the request of the majority of mechanical workers, following the compilation of famous popular books such as “Quick View of Mechanized Workers” and “Quick Drawings of Mechanized Workers”. It is a companion piece to both the above “Picture” and “Drawing” books. The purpose of writing this book is to enable the majority of mechanical workers to learn the knowledge of drawing and drawing, to further self-learning basic knowledge of mechanical design