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Can I read To Engineer Is Human : the Role of Failure in Successful Design on EtoBox?
To Engineer Is Human : the Role of Failure in Successful Design by Petroski, Henry is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is To Engineer Is Human : the Role of Failure in Successful Design about?
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 innovative Tacoma Narrows Bridge twist apart in a mild wind in 1940? How did an oversized waterlily inspire the magnificent Crystal Palace, the crowning achievement of Victorian architecture and engineering? These are some of the failures and successes that Henry Petroski, author of the acclaimed <i>The Pencil</i>, examines
Who reads To Engineer Is Human : the Role of Failure in Successful Design?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Petroski, Henry
- Publisher
- Vintage Books; Vintage
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780679734161
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Engineering, Fiction, Science
- Rating
- 3.69 / 5 (1,081 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14