Bibliograph

To engineer is human, the role of failure in successful design, Henry Petroski

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To engineer is human, the role of failure in successful design, Henry Petroski

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-244) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

To engineer is human

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

25009487

Responsibility statement

Henry Petroski

Sub title

the role of failure in successful design

Summary

How did a simple design error cause one of the great disasters of the 1980s--the collapse of the walkways at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel? What made the graceful and innovating Tacoma Narrows Bridge twist apart in a mild wind in 1940? How did an oversize waterlily inspire the magnificent Crystal Palace, the crowning achievement of Victorian architecture and engineering? These are some of the failures and successes that Petroski examines in this book, a work that looks at our deepest notions of progress and perfection, tracing the fine connection between the quantifiable realm of science and the chaotic realities of everyday life.--From publisher description

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