Success through failure : the paradox of design / Henry Petroski.

Main entry:

Petroski, Henry.

Title & Author:

Success through failure : the paradox of design / Henry Petroski.

Publication:

Description:

xii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-218) and index.
From Plato's cave to PowerPoint -- Success and failure in design -- Intangible things -- Things small and large -- Building on success -- Stepping-stones to super-spans -- The historical future.

Summary:

Examines many of the failed designs and inventions that led to greater improvements siting as examples the 1940 collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and the space shuttle disasters.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

0691122253 ((hardcover) ; alk. paper)
9780691122250 ((hardcover) ; alk. paper)
9780691136424
0691136424

Subject:

Engineering design Case studies.
System failures (Engineering) Case studies.
Conception technique Études de cas.
Pannes Études de cas.
Engineering design
System failures (Engineering)
Entwurf
Fehler
Planung
Technik

Form/genre:

Case studies
Études de cas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 244647
Call No.: TA174 .P4739 2006
Status: Available

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