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Pre-Owned To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design, 9780679734161, 0679734163, Paperback,To Engineer Is Human The Role of Failure in Successful Design Paperback

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Title: To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
Book Format: Paperback
ISBN10: 0679734163
EAN: 9780679734161
Genre: SCIENCE / General
Author: Petroski, Henry
Pre-Owned Condition- Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

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The perfect gift for engineers and curious minds: 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.

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 "The Pencil," examines in this engaging, wonderfully literate book.

Title: To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
Book Format: Paperback
ISBN10: 0679734163
EAN: 9780679734161
Genre: SCIENCE / General
Author: Petroski, Henry
Pre-Owned Condition- Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include 'From the library of' labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included.

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