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Henry Petroski

Auteur de The Book on the Bookshelf

Comprend les noms: H Petroski, Henry Petroski, Henry Petrosky, Henry Petroski, ヘンリー・ペトロスキー

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Henry Petroski is an American engineer with wide-ranging historical and sociocultural interests. He earned a Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1968, and became Aleksandar S. Vesic professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University. Petroski teaches traditional engineering subjects, as well as courses for nonengineering students, that place the field in a broad social context. One of the major themes that transcends his technical and nontechnical publications is the role of failure and its contribution to successful design. This is the central theme in his study To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design, which is accessible to both engineers and general readers. This theme is also incorporated into Petroski's The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance (1990), which relates the history of the pencil to broader sociocultural themes. The theme is expanded further, illustrating the relationship of engineering to our everyday life in The Evolution of Useful Things (1992). Petroski's most recent book, Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering, is planned for publication in 1994. After that, he will begin a study of the complex interrelationships between engineering and culture. Widely recognized and supported by both the technical and humanities communities, Petroski's work has effectively conveyed the richness and essence of engineering in its societal context for the general reader. (Bowker Author Biography) — biographie de The Book on the Bookshelf… (plus d'informations)

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Œuvres de Henry Petroski

The Book on the Bookshelf 2,470 exemplaire(s), 41 critiques

The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artefacts - from Forks and… 1,468 exemplaire(s), 18 critiques

To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design 1,233 exemplaire(s), 19 critiques

The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance 706 exemplaire(s), 14 critiques

Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design 422 exemplaire(s), 3 critiques

Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing 348 exemplaire(s), 3 critiques

Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering 297 exemplaire(s), 1 critique

Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America 280 exemplaire(s), 2 critiques

Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design 172 exemplaire(s), 2 critiques

The Toothpick: Technology and Culture 156 exemplaire(s), 3 critiques

Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering 146 exemplaire(s), 4 critiques

Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering 141 exemplaire(s), 1 critique

The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global… 133 exemplaire(s), 3 critiques

The Road Taken: The History and Future of America's Infrastructure 132 exemplaire(s), 3 critiques

Paperboy: Confessions of a Future Engineer 124 exemplaire(s), 2 critiques

To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure 100 exemplaire(s), 1 critique

The House with Sixteen Handmade Doors: A Tale of Architectural Choice and… 62 exemplaire(s), 3 critiques

An Engineer's Alphabet: Gleanings from the Softer Side of a… 28 exemplaire(s), 1 critique

Beyond Engineering: Essays and Other Attempts to Figure Without Equations 24 exemplaire(s)

Force: What It Means to Push and Pull, Slip and Grip, Start and Stop 14 exemplaire(s)

Evolucao das Coisas Uteis (Em Portugues do Brasil) 2 exemplaire(s)

Paradigmas De Diseño: Casos Historicos De Error Y Buen Juicio En… 1 exemplaire

Inovação Da Idéia ao Produto 1 exemplaire

The Merits of Colossal Failure 1 exemplaire

Refractions: Taking Time 1 exemplaire

Refractions: Engineering and History 1 exemplaire

El éxito a través del fracaso. La paradoja del diseño (Coleccion… 1 exemplaire

Toothpick, the 1 exemplaire

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Également par Henry Petroski

Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the… (Contributeur) 959 exemplaire(s), 15 critiques

Design Disasters: Great Designers, Fabulous Failure, and Lessons Learned (Contributeur) 22 exemplaire(s)

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