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Success through Failure

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Success through Failure

By Henry Petroski

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About the book

Design pervades our lives. Everything from drafting a PowerPoint presentation to planning a state-of-the-art bridge embodies this universal human activity. But what makes a great design? In this compelling and wide-ranging look at the essence of invention, distinguished engineer and author Henry Petroski argues that, time and again, we have built success on the back of failure--not through easy imitation of success. Success through Failure shows us that making something better--by carefully anti...Show more

Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration

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ISBN

9780691180991

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2018

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1

Original title

Success through Failure

Format

Paperback

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