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Invention by Design

Paperback • 1998 • English

Invention by Design

By Henry Petroski

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About the book

Presents case studies of inventions by engineers, explaining how they resolve technical difficulties, and how they make their inventions socially acceptable and economically feasible

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9780674463684

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published year

1998

Language

English

Original title

Invention by Design

Format

Paperback

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