To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski

To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design



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To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design Henry Petroski ebook
Format: djvu
Page: 269
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679734163, 9780679734161


One of my favourite authors is Henry Petroski, whose book To Engineer is Human - The Role of Failure in Successful Design led me to read anything he publishes. Science, and writing — to enrich the lives of everyone. Small Things Considered: Why There is No Perfect Design. The last post about "The Evolution of Useful Things" reminded me about another of Petroski's books that I read some years ago: "To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design". On a dusty bookshelf at home, I have the book, "To Engineer is Human - The Role of Failure in Successful Design" by Henry Petroski. But I have not lost my interest in engineering. Brilliant analysis of engineering "failure" and learning. And that's good, says civil engineer Henry Petroski, the author of the book Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and professor of history, is an expert in the implications of failure for engineering. To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design. To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski. A Good Book, from Victor Niederhoffer. He has penned numerous books, including “To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design” and “Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering. To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski. A good book to put engineering in perspective is To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design and others by Petroski. You didn't mention Petroski's To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design. Since the book was published in 1982, the examples employed are somewhat dated.

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